Browse Research and Commentary

Despite Its Siren Song, High-Value Targeting Doesn’t Fit All: Matching Interdiction Patterns to Specific Narcoterrorism and Organized-Crime Contexts

October 1, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Afghanistan After ISAF

September 24, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Afghan Election Will Be a Bellwether

July 25, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown and Ronald E. Neumann

A State-building Approach to the Drug Trade Problem

July 18, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Despite Security Improvements and Challenges, Somalia Not on Obama's Africa Itinerary

June 26, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Poaching Is Threat to International Peace and Security

June 20, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

What to Expect from Taliban Negotiations After Karzai Suspends Talks with the U.S.

June 19, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

The Impact of Organized Crime on Governance: A Case Study of Nepal

June 12, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Crime–War Battlefields

June 6, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

How Will the OAS Report Affect the Drug-Policy Debate?

May 31, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

President Obama’s Visit to Mexico: Key Anti-Crime Issues

April 26, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Counterinsurgency, Counternarcotics, and Illicit Economies in Afghanistan: Lessons for State-Building

April 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

The Illegal Trade in Wildlife in Southeast Asia and Its Links to East Asian Markets

April 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

The Jagged Edge: Illegal Logging in Southeast Asia

April 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Still Knee-Deep In Poppy: The Evolution of Counter-Narcotics Policies in Afghanistan

March 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Indonesia Field Report IV: Wildlife Trafficking, Illegal Fishing, and Lessons from Anti-Piracy Efforts

March 26, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Brookings Launches the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence (21CSI)

March 12, 2013

Focused Deterrence, Selective Targeting, Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime: Concepts and Practicalities

February 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Peña Nieto’s Piñata: The Promise and Pitfalls of Mexico’s New Security Policy against Organized Crime

February 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Governance, Rule of Law and Natural Resources in Indonesia and Lessons for Burma’s Transformation

February 7, 2013

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Indonesia Field Report III – The Orangutan’s Road: Illegal Logging and Mining in Indonesia

February 7, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Indonesia Field Report II – Bali High, Rainforest Low: The Illicit Drug Trade in Indonesia

February 6, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Indonesia Field Report I - Crime as a Mirror of Politics: Urban Gangs in Indonesia

February 6, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

President Barack Obama’s Second Term: Big Bets and Black Swans

January 17, 2013

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Chaos in Kabul

January 17, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown