Vanda Felbab-Brown
Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Program on Intrastate Conflict, 20052007
November, 2005
The Intersection of Terrorism and the Drug Trade
Book Chapter
By Vanda Felbab-Brown, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Program on Intrastate Conflict, 20052007
Fall 2005
Drugs and State Building in Afghanistan
Magazine or Newspaper Article, Pr?cis, issue 1, volume XV
By Vanda Felbab-Brown, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Program on Intrastate Conflict, 20052007
November, 2005
The Intersection of Terrorism and the Drug Trade
Book Chapter
By Vanda Felbab-Brown, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Program on Intrastate Conflict, 20052007
Fall 2005
Drugs and State Building in Afghanistan
Magazine or Newspaper Article, Pr?cis, issue 1, volume XV
By Vanda Felbab-Brown, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Program on Intrastate Conflict, 20052007
November, 2005
The Intersection of Terrorism and the Drug Trade
Book Chapter
By Vanda Felbab-Brown, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Program on Intrastate Conflict, 20052007
Fall 2005
Drugs and State Building in Afghanistan
Magazine or Newspaper Article, Pr?cis, issue 1, volume XV
By Vanda Felbab-Brown, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Program on Intrastate Conflict, 20052007
Associated Press
February 20, 2007
"Opium Wars"
Op-Ed, Wall Street Journal
By Vanda Felbab-Brown, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Program on Intrastate Conflict, 20052007
As NATO braces for a spring Taliban offensive in Afghanistan, many in the Bush administration, the Congress and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime are calling for it to take on a prominent role in combating the narcotics trade....
January 2006
"A Better Strategy against Narcoterrorism"
Magazine or Newspaper Article, MIT Center for International Studies Audit of the Conventional Wisdom, volume 06-02
By Vanda Felbab-Brown, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Program on Intrastate Conflict, 20052007
It is widely recognized that access by belligerent groups to the gains from drug production and trafficking contributes to the intensity and prolongation of military conflict. Also, that such groups—terrorists, insurgents, or warlords—grow stronger when they successfully exploit the drug trade. The United States' response—its antinarcotics policy— emphasizes crop eradication. This strategy is too simplistic and, ultimately, ineffective.
December 18, 2005
"Afghanistan and Opium"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Vanda Felbab-Brown, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Program on Intrastate Conflict, 20052007
"Licensing production of legitimate drugs would not only shrink the size of Afghanistan's illegal economy, it would also provide a sustainable livelihood for the poor peasants, and generate income for the Afghan state."
Autumn 2005
"Afghanistan: When Counternarcotics Undermines Counterterrorism"
Journal Article, Washington Quarterly, issue 4, volume 28
By Vanda Felbab-Brown, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Program on Intrastate Conflict, 20052007
Paradoxically, counternarcotics efforts in Afghanistan frequently complicate counterterrorism and counterinsurgency objectives and can even undermine democratization. Counternarcotics strategy should concentrate instead on strengthening the Afghan state’s capacity.
