Vanda Felbab-Brown, senior fellow in Foreign Policy and director of the Initiative on Nonstate Actors at Brookings, joins David Dollar to talk about her research on illicit economies—including drug trafficking (fentanyl, meth, precursors) and wildlife trafficking—in China, Mexico, and elsewhere.
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Authors
Vanda Felbab-Brown
Director
- Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors,
Co-Director
- Africa Security Initiative,
Senior Fellow
- Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology
@VFelbabBrown
Commentary
PodcastIllegal trade in drugs and wildlife
Vanda Felbab-Brown and
Vanda Felbab-Brown
Director
- Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors,
Co-Director
- Africa Security Initiative,
Senior Fellow
- Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology
@VFelbabBrown
David Dollar
David Dollar
Senior Fellow
- Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development, John L. Thornton China Center
February 22, 2022