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

Rabasa, Angel

 
9780833029942: Colombian Labyrinth: The Synergy of Drugs and Insugency and Its Implications for Regional Stability
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0833029940 ISBN 13: 9780833029942
Publisher: 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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About the Author

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.

Synopsis

U.S. policy toward Colombia has been driven to a large extent by counter-narcotics 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.

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Publisher
RAND Corporation
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0833029940
ISBN 13 
9780833029942
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
138