Jonathan Goodhand discusses how economic factors are shaping unfolding events, including the trade in opium and heroin.
Policy frontiers: the drugs-development-peacebuilding trilemma
This policy brief presents the ‘Drugs-development-peacebuilding’ policy trilemma as a useful framework and tool for highlighting tensions and trade-offs between these three policy fields.
Journeys to borderlands always seem to lead to unexpected surprises
Jonathan Goodhand’s journey to a remote Afghan village, gave him a rare glimpse into the intricacies of borderland political struggles.
In the world’s forgotten borderlands, the drug trade helps people survive – but at a cost
Conventional thinking about illicit drugs, development and violence are deeply flawed, here’s why.
Three strategies to transform approaches to illicit drug economies
While the World Bank Fragility Forum 2020 was postponed, development leaders still need to rethink their approaches to illicit drugs. Here’s how.
The historical role of opium and what it tells us about illicit economies today
Jonathan Goodhand explores historical insights from two books and what they tell us about illicit economies today.
Illicit drugs and peace: why the borderlands matter
The borderlands lie at the country margins, but are central to processes that generate war and peace.