Afghan Opium and the EU: Fighting the War Economy through Development Cooperation. EU Diplomacy Paper No. 4, 2014


Autoria(s): Denis, Benjamin Thibaut
Data(s)

01/05/2014

Resumo

Opium is at the heart of the war economy in Afghanistan, involving a broad range of actors. It generates a sustainable violence cycle and, while international troops withdraw from the country, threatens the Afghan government’s reconstruction efforts. The European Union (EU) plays an important part in the debate on how to deal with this issue. Several counter-narcotics policies have been implemented since 2001 and have mostly failed. This paper looks at these failures and questions the European Union’s ability to help tackle the problem of opium in Afghanistan. It argues that a comprehensive development response, backed by counter-narcotics incentives, could unfasten the spiral of the war economy. It also argues that the EU has developed relevant policies based on poverty alleviation and a structural approach to the opium issue but still lacks the means for action and for donor coordination in order to significantly influence the situation.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://aei.pitt.edu/58679/2/edp_4_2014_denis.pdf

Denis, Benjamin Thibaut (2014) Afghan Opium and the EU: Fighting the War Economy through Development Cooperation. EU Diplomacy Paper No. 4, 2014. [Working Paper]

Relação

https://www.coleurope.eu/system/files_force/research-paper/edp_4_2014_denis.pdf?download=1

http://aei.pitt.edu/58679/

Palavras-Chave #public health policy (including global activities) #development #Central Asia #conflict resolution/crisis management
Tipo

Working Paper

NonPeerReviewed