Policy Briefs – GCRF – Drugs and Disorder

Peace and illicit drugs at the margins: A borderland view of Afghanistan’s SDG 16

Orzala Nemat7th November 202115th March 2022Policy Briefs, Publications, Afghanistan

This AREU Policy Brief asks how the SDG-16 goals are being addressed in Afghanistan. In What ways do they specifically address the particular political challenges that Afghanistan faces, and the geographical divisions of the country?

Addressing illicit economies in peace processes

Admin17th April 202119th April 2021Policy Briefs, Publications

This policy brief looks at different strategies used by governments and donors to engage with illicit economies in peace processes.

Policy frontiers: the drugs-development-peacebuilding trilemma

Jonathan Goodhand13th April 202110th May 2021Policy Briefs, Publications

This policy brief presents the ‘Drugs-development-peacebuilding’ policy trilemma as a useful framework and tool for highlighting tensions and trade-offs between these three policy fields.

Drugs, development and violence in war-to-peace transitions

Admin29th July 20208th January 2021Policy Briefs, Publications, Afghanistan, Colombia, Myanmar

This policy brief shares insights from seven conflict- and drug-affected borderlands in Afghanistan, Colombia and Myanmar, and reflects on their implications for those supporting peace processes, poverty alleviation and development in fragile contexts affected by drugs.