Drug Trafficking & Counter-Narcotics Policy Why America is struggling to stop the fentanyl epidemic Vanda Felbab-Brown Foreign Affairs Monday, May 15, 2023
Play Audio Drug Trafficking & Counter-Narcotics Policy Narco-economics: Inside the Mexican drug trade Vanda Felbab-Brown, Jorge Castañeda, Steven Dudley, and Scott Mistler-Ferguson The Red Line Monday, April 3, 2023
Drug Trafficking & Counter-Narcotics Policy The US-Mexico fentanyl meltdown – Part II: Mexico’s internal policies and US options Vanda Felbab-Brown Sunday, April 2, 2023
Drug Trafficking & Counter-Narcotics Policy How is the opioid crisis affecting US-Mexico ties? Arturo Sarukhan, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Stephanie Brewer, Earl Anthony “Tony” Wayne, Gary J. Hale, and Arantza Alonso Friday, March 31, 2023
China China and synthetic drugs control: Fentanyl, methamphetamines, and precursors Vanda Felbab-Brown March 2022
Crime & Criminal Justice Negotiating with violent criminal groups: Lessons and guidelines from global practice Mark Freeman and Vanda Felbab-Brown April 2021
Crime & Criminal Justice Bargaining with the devil to avoid hell? Negotiations with criminal groups in Latin America and the Caribbean Vanda Felbab-Brown July 2020
Report Fending off fentanyl and hunting down heroin: Controlling opioid supply from Mexico Vanda Felbab-Brown Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Order from Chaos Something fishy: Wildlife trafficking from Mexico to China Vanda Felbab-Brown Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Order from Chaos China and synthetic drugs: Geopolitics trumps counternarcotics cooperation Vanda Felbab-Brown Monday, March 7, 2022
2022 Mar 29 Past Event China’s role in poaching and wildlife trafficking in Mexico 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT Online Only
2022 Mar 28 Past Event China’s role in the smuggling of synthetic drugs and precursors 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT Online Only
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Play Audio Drug Trafficking & Counter-Narcotics Policy China’s role in the US fentanyl crisis Vanda Felbab-Brown and Bonnie S. Glaser China Global Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Play Audio Drug Trafficking & Counter-Narcotics Policy Fentanyl: A triangle of sadness (US, Mexico, and China) Vanda Felbab-Brown, Mariana Campero, and Guillermo Valdes Mexico Matters Monday, March 13, 2023
Play Audio Drug Trafficking & Counter-Narcotics Policy Heroin’s journey during COVID Vanda Felbab-Brown, Jack Meegan-Vickers, Tariq M. Khosa, Ben Crabtree, Jason Eligh, and Simone Haysom The Impact Friday, May 22, 2020
The US-Mexico fentanyl meltdown – Part I: The state of noncooperation Vanda Felbab-Brown Sunday, March 19, 2023
Violence against and corruption in law enforcement: Recent US cases Vanda Felbab-Brown Saturday, November 26, 2022
Why is Mexico’s security strategy failing? Vanda Felbab-Brown and Nathaniel Parish Flannery Tuesday, September 27, 2022
The foreign policies of the Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG – Part V: Europe’s supercoke and on-the-horizon issues and the Middle East Vanda Felbab-Brown Friday, September 16, 2022
The foreign policies of the Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG — Part IV: Europe’s cocaine and meth markets Vanda Felbab-Brown Friday, September 2, 2022