Myanmar – GCRF – Drugs and Disorder

Dan Seng Lawn on responses to illicit drugs in Myanmar

Dan Seng Lawn, Director of the Kachinland Research Centre in Myanmar talks about the impact of drug use and responses to it in Kachin State.

Experts share insights from fieldwork in the drug-affected borderlands of Afghanistan, Colombia and Myanmar at the SOAS Development Studies Seminar.

Explaining and challenging dominant narratives around illicit crops and development, using the curious case of Myanmar.

New counter-narcotic and peacebuilding strategies are needed to meet SDG16.

The borderlands lie at the country margins, but are central to processes that generate war and peace.