ASIA
March 2, 2007
"Punishment to Fit the Nuclear Crime"
Op-Ed, Washington Post
By Anne-Marie Slaughter and Thomas J. Wright, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2004-2007
"In addition to highlighting the dangers of this action, making nuclear transfer a crime against humanity would greatly expand opportunities for prosecution, denying national governments the ability to shelter these criminals."
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....
August 31, 2006
"The Failure of Chechen Separatism"
Book Chapter
By John Reppert, Former Executive Director for Research and Alexei Shevchenko
"The prospects for independence of nationalist movements which reject globalization are quite poor...."
July 9, 2006
Worse Than You Think
Op-Ed, Los Angeles Times
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
Bush Administration's North Korea policy is a failure.
AP Photo
April-June 2006
"Turkey's Energy Policies in a Tight Global Energy Market"
Journal Article, Insight Turkey, issue 2, volume 8
By Brenda Shaffer, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 19992007; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Program, 20002005; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Project, 20052007
Despite this extensive activity in the energy sphere, it seems, however, that Ankara's energy policy has been undertaken without a strategic plan and with little integration of energy issues into Turkey's overall foreign and security policies.
March 20, 2008
"Asia's Role in the Illicit Trade of Wildlife"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Vanda Felbab-Brown, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Program on Intrastate Conflict, 20052007
"Although some of these unfortunate animals supply the domestic market in Burma, many go to China and elsewhere in Asia for food consumption as well as homemade medicines and good luck charms. Many of the species are protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, but the local authorities in Mong La, the Burmese government, and China have not shown much of an interest in enforcing the prohibitions."
January 14, 2006
Sowing Afghan Security
Op-Ed, International Herald Tribune
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
There is a striking antidote to worsening security in Afghanistan, where suicide bombing and convoy ambushes now occur every day. Increasingly, these Taliban- and Al Qaeda–sponsored attacks are linked to opium and heroin trafficking. Afghanistan supplies 80 percent of Europe's heroin and is the largest grower of poppies in the world.
January 10, 2006
Sowing Afghan Security
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
There is a striking antidote to worsening security in Afghanistan, where suicide bombing and convoy ambushes now occur every day. Increasingly, these Taliban- and Al Qaeda–sponsored attacks are linked to opium and heroin trafficking. Afghanistan supplies 80 percent of Europe's heroin and is the largest grower of poppies in the world.
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."
