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Mark Kleiman and I go Bloggingheads on drugs and HIV in the Russian Federation, poppy eradication in Afghanistan, Mexican drug violence, dealing with drug users and drug sellers in United States.
Archive for the ‘Afghanistan’ Category
December 22nd, 2011
May 3rd, 2011
Daniel Larison objects to attacks on Pakistan’s loyalty as an ally, noting (correctly) that allies don’t always agree. Jeffrey Goldberg also sticks up for Pakistan as an ally. (h/t Sullivan) I think we’re getting to the point where these terms don’t make much sense as regards Pakistan. There are countries and non-state actors out there that [...]
April 19th, 2011
A public health expert raises again the plan to divert Afghan opium into worlwide pain relief.
February 9th, 2011
Category: Afghanistan
NATO forces in Afghanistan are doing it, and human-rights groups have noticed.
December 26th, 2010
Category: Afghanistan, Personal moment
Our home is near a community living center for elderly veterans, so we went there for Christmas services yesterday morning. My family and I were almost the only people not using wheelchairs. To sing “Silent Night” with so many people in the December of their lives had a transcendant sweetness, and also inspired some reflection [...]
August 10th, 2010
If you believe than US foreign policy should serve moral and humanitarian goals, then Afghanistan might be the worst place to start.
July 8th, 2010
Category: Afghanistan, Drug Policy
From our op-ed in Friday’s Financial Times: “There simply are not many feasible drug-control activities in Afghanistan that do more good than harm. This is a case where less really is more: since the natural tendency of counterdrug efforts is to help our enemies, we should pursue those efforts as little as possible. As a first step in breaking the Taliban’s momentum, we might stop filling its coffers.”
June 29th, 2010
Drugs and counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: U.S. Institute of Peace, 10am this coming Tuesday, July 6.
June 14th, 2010
Category: Afghanistan
It’s hard to imagine anything worse that could happen in Afghanistan than the discovery of mineral wealth.
