Media Release 19 April 2021 | SOAS, University of London A new Special Issue of the International Journal of Drugs Policy (IJDP), led by SOAS University of London, provides empirical research on …

Afghanistan: about the borderlands
Afghanistan is a land-locked mountainous country with a population of some 38 million. It is classified as ‘low income’ and ranks 168 out of 188 according to the HDI. As …

Colombia: about the borderlands
Colombia is a regionally, environmentally and ethnically diverse country with a population of about 48 million people. It is ranked 79 out of 189 countries on the United Nations Development Programme …

Myanmar: about the borderlands
Myanmar is the largest country in mainland Southeast Asia with a population of about 53 million people. It shares extensive borders with Bangladesh, India, the Peoples Republic of China (incorporating …

About Voices from the borderlands 2020
Voices from the borderlands 2020 is one of several Drugs & (dis)order outputs that aim to shed light on the experiences and perspectives of people involved in illicit drugs in …

Policy implications
Important policy insights and implications from Voices from the borderlands 2020.

A policy impasse and way forward
The challenges and ways forward to better integrate drugs, development and peacebuilding policy.

Reflections
What the voices from the borderlands tell us about war-to-peace transitions, borderland development, and drugs and everyday lives.

Erradicación forzada: una política que mata
Un especial multimedia sobre los incidentes en medio de las labores de erradicación forzada manual. English version coming soon!

How the war on drugs criminalises the poorest in human society
We need to recognise that people need to survive – they should not be treated as criminals for trying to do so, Christian Aid’s Karol Balfe writes.

Organised crime and drug markets: recent contributions from Latin America academia
A summary of academic research from Latin America published in 2018 on public policies to address organised crime related to drug trafficking.