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COUNTER NARCOTICS (2) answer(s).
 
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Assessing Britain’s role in Afghanistan / Joshi , Shashank   Article
Joshi , Shashank Article
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Summary/Abstract This article assesses Britain's contemporary relationship with Afghanistan, its goals and interests there, and its possible post-2014 role. It is argued that Britain might continue to play a limited but non-negligible military, intelligence, fiscal, and diplomatic role, even as British policymakers are increasingly bound by fiscal and domestic political constraints.
Key Words NATO  Afghanistan  Britain  US  UK  Transnational Threats 
Strategy  Counter Narcotics  Nation – Building 
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Privatising the war on drugs / Hobson, Christopher   Article
Hobson, Christopher Article
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Summary/Abstract A defining feature of the ‘9/11 wars’ has been the prominent role played by private military and security companies (pmsc). The growth of this market for military and security services has not gone unnoticed. Yet the role pmsc have played in supporting the US-led war on drugs has largely gone under the radar, both literally and figuratively. The aim of this article is to look at the activities of pmsc funded by the USA in Latin America, and to consider the specific consequences that arise from employing them in the field of counter-narcotics. It is argued that the use of pmsc further entrenches a costly and unsuccessful way of dealing with drugs. There is a need to move from a strict prohibitionist stance and consider alternatives to the war on drugs approach, but the use of pmsc creates another strong vested interest in maintaining an increasingly problematic and costly status quo.
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