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December 2009

Pakistan and the Islamist challenge

The murderous assault on Bombay by Islamist militants, at least some of whom were from Pakistan, has exposed once again the grave danger that radical Islamist movements pose to Pakistan, its neighbors, and the world.

Copenhagen cop out

Hindustan Times

It is apparent to everyone that the Copenhagen Accord is a travesty of what the world needs to avert climate change.

Climate after Copenhagen

The Moscow Times

The reason for the failure in Copenhagen is clear - rather than discuss coordinated efforts, countries lobbied for their particular interests. Everything now depends on individual states and their respective blocs.

How to cure the post-Copenhagen hangover

The Bullet

Copenhagen unveiled that the leading southern countries are willing accomplices in climate crime to the rich nations, while the hope remains with the rising power of the climate justice movements.

Prohibición del consumo

El Tiempo

En vez de mejorar la prevención y los servicios de salud Colombia optó por la prohibición del consumo de drogas, en contra de la tendencia regional.

Development first: lessons learned in promoting rural development and reducing illicit crop cultivation in Afghanistan and the Andes

8 December 2009

Speaker(s)

Tom Kramer

Organised by The Washington Office on Latin America

In cooperation with

Senator Bob Menendez
Chairman, Subcommittee on International Development
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

and

Representative John Tierney
Chairman, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

FEATURED SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE

Tom Kramer
Researcher, Drugs and Democracy Program, Transnational Institute (TNI)

Location

U.S. Capitol, Senate Visitor Center, Room 215
First and East Capitol Streets
See map: Google Maps

Where has all the money gone?

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Film participants
TNI participant(s): 
Susan George
Non TNI participant(s): 
Armin Thurnher

People have been literally robbed over the last thirty years as money has moved up from labour to capital. And as people have less money to spend, we are constantly in a crisis of overproduction.

Multimedia
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References
Related link(s): 
Wiener Stadtgespräch

Development first: lessons learned in promoting rural development and reducing illicit crop cultivation in Afghanistan and the Andes

8 December 2009

Speaker(s)

Tom Kramer

International experts discuss challenges to achieving sustainable reductions in coca and poppy growing, focusing on the situations in rural areas of Afghanistan and Colombia, the world's leading producers of heroin and cocaine, respectively.

Location

The U.S. Capitol, Senate Visitor Center, Room 215
First and East Capitol Streets
See map: Google Maps

The security approach to the drugs problem

Subtitle: 
Perpetuating drugs and conflict in Colombia
TNI publication: 
Yes
Author(s) information
Author(s): 
Ricardo Vargas
Document details
Series: 
Drug Policy Briefing Nr. 31

The drugs problem in Colombia is intertwined with structural factors at the social, economic, institutional and cultural levels. Moreover, its relationship to the armed conflict has had serious consequences for the socio-economic conditions of peasant and indigenous communities affected by the production of raw materials used to produce cocaine.

Downloads: 
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La ley de drogas

Short title: 
TNI y WOLA urgen una seria reforma a la ley de drogas
Where published: 
Elcomercio.com
Author(s) Information
External author(s): 
Coletta Youngers

Para ser más eficaces y humanos  urge una seria reforma a la ley de drogas que restablezca la proporcionalidad de las sentencias y asegure el acceso  a una defensa adecuada.

Climate Justice protesters reclaim power as UN talks dither

With ministers and heads of states arriving in Copenhagen, protests surrounded the climate change conference venue, while negotiations remained blocked.

What is cap and trade?

Interview information
Interviewer: 
Robert S. Eshelman
Interviewee(s): 
Oscar Reyes
Where published: 
The Nation

Cap and trade interprets climate change into the language of neo-liberal economics. Instead we need to rethink our trade system and rethink how we produce and consume goods.