Martin Jelsma

TNI

March 2007

			Co-ordinator, TNI Drugs & Democracy Programme mjelsma [at] tni.org
	TNI fellow Martin Jelsma (1959) is a political scientist specialised in Latin America and international drugs policy. Joining TNI in 1990, Martin worked initially on a Central American peasant movements project and on the "New Thinking" project looking at transitions of former liberation movements to progressive political parties. In 1995 he initiated and has since co-oordinated TNI's Drugs & Democracy Programme. The programme has two main areas of work: (1) drugs and conflict studies with a focus on the Andean/Amazon region, Burma/Myanmar and Afghanistan, and (2) drug policy dialogue initiatives, with analysis of international drug policy making processes (with special focus on the UN drug control system), facilitation of informal policy dialogues and the production of policy-oriented materials on the key dilemmas emerging. Martin is a regular speaker at international policy conferences and advises various NGOs and government officials on developments in the drugs field. He is co-editor of the TNI Drugs & Conflict debate papers and the Drug Policy Briefing series.
	Areas of interest		Illicit Drugs Trafficking & the War on Drugs in Latin America; Democratisation & Demilitarisation in Latin America; Alternative Harm Reduction Policies

	SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
	Books		Trouble in the Triangle. Opium and Conflict in Burma (Co-editor with Tom Kramer and Pietje Vervest) Silkworm Books, Chang Mai, Thailand, July 2005 Drogas, Poder y Derechos Humanos en América Latina (Editor) Abya-Yala, Quito Ecuador, 1998 Democracias Baja Fuego. Drogas y Poder en América Latina (Co-editor with Theo Roncken) TNI, Ediciones Brecha, Acción Andina, Montevideo, Uruguay, May 1998 Peasants Beyond Protest in Central America (Co-editor with Kees Biekart) Transnational Institute, Amsterdam, 1994
	Contributions to books		Introduction (With Tom Kramer and Pietje Vervest) Trouble in the Triangle. Opium and Conflict in Burma, Silkworm Books, Chang Mai, Thailand, July 2005 Burma in the Global Drug Market Trouble in the Triangle. Opium and Conflict in Burma, Silkworm Books, Chang Mai, Thailand, July 2005 Drogas y democracia. Hacia una estrategia de Reducción de Danos politicos Hoja de Coca y Cocaína. Políticas europeas, soluciones globales, UNED de Tereassa, Barcelona, 2000 Prologo: Un circulo vicioso Ricardo Vargas Meza, Fumigación y conflicto, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia, November 1999 English version: A Vicious Circle Introducción. Parte I + II Drogas, Poder y Derechos Humanos en América Latina, Quito, Ecuador, 1998 Introducción (With Theo Roncken) Democracias Bajo Fuego. Drogas y Poder en América Latina, Transnational Institute, Ediciones Brecha, Acción Andina, Uruguay, 1998 English version: Introduction
	Reports		Banning Opium in Afghanistan. The Changed Rules of Engagement Downward Spiral. Banning Opium in Afghanistan and Burma TNI Drugs & Conflict Debate Paper 12, June 2005 Versón español The United Nations and Harm Reduction. Revisited; An Unauthorised Report on the Outcomes of the 48th CND Session Drug Policy Briefing 13, TNI, April 2005 Versión español The United Nations and Harm Reduction TNI Drugs Policy Briefing 12, March 2005 Versón español with Pien Metaal Cracks in the Vienna Consensus. The UN Drug Control Debate WOLA Drug War Monitor, January 2004 Versón español Drawing to a Close. The Opium Economy and the Pending Ban Drugs and Conflict in Burma (Myanmar). Dilemmas for Policy Responses Drugs &amp Conflict Debate Paper 9, December 2003 Versión español FOLs and Drug Interdiction Forward Operating Locations in Latin America. Transcending Drug Control Drugs & Conflict Debate Paper 8, September 2003 Versión español Change of Course. An Agenda for Vienna Drugs & Conflict Debate Paper 6, March 2003 Versión español Time for Breakthrough. Polarisation and Paralysis in Global Drug Policy Breaking the Impasse. Polarisation & Paralysis in UN Drug Control Drugs & Conflict Debate Paper 5, July 2002 Versión español A Failed Balance. Alternative Development and Eradication Drugs & Conflict Debate Paper 4, March 2002 Versión español War & Opium in Afganistan: UNDCP's Ill Fated Interventions Merging Wars. Afghanistan, Drugs and Terrorism Drugs & Conflict Debate Paper 3, December 2001 Versión español with Amira Armenta and Ricardo Vargas M. Europe and Plan Colombia. Chronicle of a Commitment with an Uncomfortable Plan Drugs & Conflict Debate Paper 1, April 2001 Versón español Vicious Circle. The Chemical and Biological "War on Drugs" Transnational Institute, March 2001 Versón español Fungus Versus Coca. UNDCP and the Biological War on Drugs in Colombia TNI Briefing Paper, February 2000 Versón español UN General Assembly Special Session on Drug Control: Background TNI Website, March 1998 Introduction Crime in Uniform. Corruption and Impunity in Latin America, TNIAcciín Andina, CEDIB, Bolivia, December 1997 Presentación (With Edgar Celada Q.) Centroamérica. Gobernabilidad y narcotráfico, TNIFundación Heinrich Böll, Guatemala, November 1997 Introducción Crimen uniformado: Entre la corrupción y la impunidad, TNIAcciín Andina, CEDIB, Bolivia, October 1997 Damaging Side Effects. The War on Drugs" (Introduction) Democracy, Human Rights, & Militarism in the "War" on Drugs in Latin America, TNICEDIBInforpress, Guatemala, April 1997 Daño colateral de la guerra antidrogas. (Una introducción) Guerra antidrogas, democracia, derechos humanos y militarización en América Latina TNICedibInforpress Centroamericana, Guatemala, abril de 1997
	Papers and Speeches		The UN Drug Control Debate. Current Dilemmas and Prospects for 2008 ICAA Conference, Budapest, 24 October 2005 Las políticas de drogas de Naciones Unidas. Una visión crítica, III Conferencia Nacional sobre Políticas de Drogas, Buenos Aires, 10 y 11 de agosto de 2005 Key Policy Dilemmas in Coca and Opium Reduction Strategies 778th Wilton Park Conference "Drug Abuse: How can it be reduced?", Monday 21 March 2005 Global Trends. Lessons from Vienna Social Forum, Cartagena, Colombia, 20 June 2003 Versión español Estrategias políticas y de cooperación de la Unión Europea en materia de lucha contra las drogas Seminario-taller "Balance y Perspectivas de las Relaciones Políticas y de Cooperación entre la UE y Colombia", Lleida, 15 de julio de 2004 Change of Course. An Agenda for Vienna Seminar "From Venezia to Vienna. For a Pragmatic and Effective Alternative to the War on Drugs", Forum Droghe, Venice, 28/29 March 2003 Supply Reduction and Law Enforcement Conference "Towards an Effective Policy on Drugs", Athens, Greece, March 2003 Conflict, Sustainable Development, and the Illegal Drug Economy in Colombia. An Analysis of Trends and Policy Recommendations for a Peace Building Approach Colombia: Conflict Analysis and Options for Peacebuilding, Swisspeace Working Paper, March 2003 Change of Course. An Agenda for Vienna Public Hearing "Vienna 2003: A Chance for the World. For Another Drug Policy", European Parliament, 4 March 2003 Breaking the Impasse. Mid-term UNGASS Review. Obstacles and Opportunities IPPR seminar on Drug Law Reform, London, 18 June 2002 Revising and Integrating Policies at National and International Level: How can Reform be Achieved? Wilton Park Conference "Drug Policies and Their Impact", 27 March 2002 Alternative Development And Drug Control. A Critical Assessment International Conference on The Role of Alternative Development in Drug Control and Development Cooperation, Feldafing, Germany, 8 January 2002 The Vicious Circle. The Chemical Spraying of Drug Crops in Colombia Presentation to the Permanent People's Tribunal on Global Corporations and Human Wrongs, University of Warwick, 22-25 March 2000. Diverging Trends in International Drug Policy Making. The Polarisation Between Dogmatic and Pragmatic Approaches Paris, 26 September 2002 Breve historia de la guerra química y biológica contra las drogas Conference The War on Drugs and the Use of Biological Weapons, Quito (Ecuador), 10-11 October 2000 with Tom Blickman Coca Fumigation Hinders Colombian Peace Negotiations TNI Briefing Paper, November 1998
	Journal articles		Learning Lessons from the Taliban Opium Ban International Journal on Drug Policy, Volume 16, Issue 2, March 2005 Drugs in the UN system. The Unwritten History of the 1998 United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drugs Special issue on the UNGASS Mid-term Review of the International Journal of Drug Policy, Vol. 14, No. 2, April 2003 Versión españ [PDF document]