| ID | 126025 |
| Title Proper | Drugs and dirty wars |
| Other Title Information | intelligence cooperation in the global south |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Shiraz, Zakia |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Intelligence is a subject dominated by an Anglospheric lexicon. Little is known of intelligence in the global South, still less of intelligence cooperation. Since 9/11 Western democracies have sought to intensify their intelligence alliances across the world in the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and Asia as part of a US-led 'war on terror'. However, the conceptualisation of intelligence and the nature of secret service cooperation-often referred to as 'liaison'-remains dominated by concepts derived from Western technocratic Cold War surveillance. This article calls for a re-examination of intelligence cooperation based on activity 'beyond the Anglosphere'. It attempts to redefine what intelligence is in the global South and explores the texture of South-South cooperation using Latin American examples. It offers an alternative model of intelligence liaison focused on opportunistic cooperation in the context of drugs and dirty wars. |
| `In' analytical Note | Third World Quarterly Vol.34, No.10; 2013: p.1749-1766 |
| Journal Source | Third World Quarterly Vol.34, No.10; 2013: p.1749-1766 |
| Key Words | Global South ; Intelligence Cooperation ; War ; Anglospheric Lexicon ; War on terror |