Vanda Felbab-Brown

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) speaks about seven women from Afghanistan who were assassinated for their efforts to improve the lives of Afghans, during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2021. T.J. Kirkpatrick/Pool via REUTERS

Afghanistan after American withdrawal: Part 3 — Where external actors have leverage

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Officials, including Afghan former President Hamid Karzai and the Taliban's deputy leader and negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, attend the Afghan peace conference in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2021. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS

Afghanistan after American withdrawal: Part 2 — Four scenarios

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Afghan National Security Forces keep watch outside of a military compound after a car bomb blast on the outskirts of Ghazni city, Afghanistan November 29, 2020. REUTERS/Mustafa Andaleb

Afghanistan after American withdrawal: Part 1 — Internal factors shaping developments

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Soldiers stand guard at the biggest marijuana plantation found in Mexico, in San Quintin, about 350 km (220 miles) away from Tijuana, July 13, 2011. Mexican soldiers discovered the plantation in a remote desert surrounded by cactuses, a top army officer said on Thursday. Soldiers patrolling the area found 300 acres (120 hectares) of pot plants being tended by dozens of men on Tuesday, said General Alfonso Duarte. Picture taken July 13, 2011. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes (MEXICO - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW MILITARY)

Will cannabis legalization reduce crime in Mexico? Has it in the US?

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, April 26, 2021

--FILE--A bottle of Fentanyl pharmaceuticals is displayed in Anyang city, central China's Henan province, 12 November 2018.China will add fentanyl-related substances to a supplementary list of controlled narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances with non-medical use since May 1. The decision was announced Monday in a joint statement by the Ministry of Public Security, the National Health Commission and the National Medical Products Administration. Fentanyl and its analogues that were previously included in the list of controlled narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, as well as the related substances in the supplementary list, will remain to be controlled according to relevant regulations, the statement said.No Use China. No Use France.

Biden takes a reformist drug strategy, but the challenge of supply countries remains

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, April 19, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his plan to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan, at the White House, Washington, U.S., April 14, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

The US decision to withdraw from Afghanistan is the right one

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Cannabis . Berlin , Deutschland . 09.03.2011 . Cannabis . Berlin , Germany . 09.03.2011 . Berlin Deutschland PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxONLY Copyright: xThomasxTrutschelxNo Use Switzerland. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use Austria

Pot, water theft, and environmental harms in the US and Mexico

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, April 12, 2021

Activist and volunteer, part of the Cannabico Mexican Movement, waters marijuana plants, inside the protest cannabis garden next to Mexico's Senate building during a call for legalization in Mexico City, Mexico September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

Mexico’s cannabis legalization, and comparisons with Colombia, Lebanon, and Canada

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A militia group with no political affiliation from Michigan, including Joseph Morrison (3rd R), Paul Bellar (2nd R) and Pete Musico (R) who were charged for their involvement in a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, attack the state capitol building and incite violence, stand in front of the governor's office after protesters occupied the state capitol building during a vote to approve the extension of Whitmer's emergency declaration/stay-at-home order due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Lansing, Michigan, U.S. April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Seth Herald/File Photo SEARCH "AMERICA IN THE AGE OF TRUMP" FOR THE PHOTOS.

How to counter right-wing armed groups in the United States

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Thursday, January 21, 2021

People protest outside the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse over the decision to drop drug charges against Mexico's former defense Minister General Salvador Cienfuegos, in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., November 18, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

The US-Mexico security relationship in 2021

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, January 19, 2021