The Challenge of Drug Trafficking to Democratic Governance and Human Security in West Africa

by David E. Brown

International criminal networks?some with links to terrorism?both represent an existential threat to democratic governance of already fragile states in West Africa, and are using drugs to buy political power, fray West Africa?s traditional social fabric, and create a public health crisis. Drug trafficking represents the most serious challenge to human security in the region since resource conflicts rocked several West African countries in the early...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584875682
• ISBN13: 9781584875680
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Army War College Press
• Length: 84 Pages