Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/320634 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Illicit Economies and Development (JIED) [ISSN:] 2516-7227 [Volume:] 3 [Issue:] 2 [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 190-205
Publisher: 
LSE Press, London
Abstract: 
This article breaks new conceptual ground by questioning orthodox interpretations of nation state agency in the global drug wars. Specifically, it challenges the David vs. Goliath conception of Colombia as a passive, client state simply abiding to the United States' hegemonic war on drugs. It provides the first published analysis of Colombia's leadership during the UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs (UNGASS) in 2016. It argues that the UN served as a useful forum for Colombia's displacement of state building dilemmas, including drug control, and that Bogota utilised the UN as a proxy negotiating mechanism with the US and other international donors.
Subjects: 
United Nations
Cannabis
Cocaine
Colombia
Coca
Drug Policy
Drug Trafficking
FARC
Marijuana
Plan Colombia
Prohibition
UNGASS
United States of America
UNODC
War on Drugs
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Document Type: 
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