Afghanistan: Nation or Narco State
Abstract
Afghanistan is at a turning point in it's future, Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium and recent reports indicate that production in 2006 has set a new record. To reverse the historically recent explosion of Afghan narcotics, it will require nothing less than the usurpation and supplanting of the autonomous tribes and their warlords with a strong, central authority, something which has never truly existed in Afghanistan. With the waning and elimination of national coercive capacities in Afghanistan during the 20th century, be they colonial or communist, social forces at the tribe level became unleashed. A functional national government will need to provide both a coercive, as well as a socially supportive force throughout the country, not just in Kabul. The future of Afghanistan will be determined by its ability to control the trafficking and production of drugs. It will be these factors that will decide if Afghanistan will be a viable nation or a narco-state.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA493608
Entities
People
- Thomas R. Brewer
Organizations
- United States Army War College