Colombian Labyrinth: The Synergy of Drugs and Insugency and Its Implications for Regional Stability - Couverture souple

Rabasa, Angel

 
9780833029942: Colombian Labyrinth: The Synergy of Drugs and Insugency and Its Implications for Regional Stability
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0833029940 ISBN 13 : 9780833029942
Editeur : RAND Corporation, 2001

Synopsis

U.S. policy toward Colombia has been driven to a large extent by counternarcotics considerations, but the evolving situation in that South American country confronts the United States with as much of a national security as a drug policy problem. Colombia is a geostrategically important country, whose trajectory will influence broader trends in the Andean region and beyond. Colombian Labyrinth examines the sources of instability in the country; the objectives, strategy, strengths, and weaknesses of the government, guerrillas, and paramilitaries and the balances among them; and the effects of the current U.S. assistance program. Possible scenarios and futures for Colombia are laid out, with implicaitons for both the United States and neighboring countries. The authors find that instability in Colombia stems from the interaction and synergies of the underground drug economy and armed challenges to the state's authority.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

U.S. policy toward Colombia has been driven to a large extent by counternarcotics considerations, but the evolving situation in that South American country confronts the United States with as much of a national security as a drug policy problem. Colombia is a geostrategically important country, whose trajectory will influence broader trends in the Andean region and beyond. Colombian Labyrinth examines the sources of instability in the country; the objectives, strategy, strengths, and weaknesses of the government, guerrillas, and paramilitaries and the balances among them; and the effects of the current U.S. assistance program. Possible scenarios and futures for Colombia are laid out, with implicaitons for both the United States and neighboring countries. The authors find that instability in Colombia stems from the interaction and synergies of the underground drug economy and armed challenges to the state's authority.

Biographie de l'auteur

Peter Chalk (University of British Columbia, Canada, Ph.D., 1994, in Political Science) researches terrorism, transnational crime and issues of national, regional and internationalsecurity at Rand. Angel M. Rabasa (Ph.D., History, Harvard University) is a senior policy analyst at Rand. He was previously the Deputy Director, Office of Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore Affairs at the Department of State and has held numerous State and Defense Department positions.

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Éditeur
RAND Corporation
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0833029940
ISBN 13 
9780833029942
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
138
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