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1. Military Conflict and the Production and Trafficking of Illicit Substances: Toward a Theory.

Author

Felbab-Brown, Vanda

Subjects
*BELLIGERENCY, *DRUG traffic, *CIVIL-military relations
Abstract

The article shows that belligerents also gain freedom of operation and political capital with the local population based on the cases of Peru, Colombia, Afghanistan, Burma, and Northern Ireland. The benefits belligerent groups derive from access to drug production and trafficking are not simply the improvement of capabilities due to an increase in financial profits, but also an expansion of strategic and tactical options and the improvement in relations between the belligerents and the local population.

Published
2005