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Militarisation

9/11: Ten years later, who have we become?
September 2011
Tom Reifer

Ten years and two wars later, Americans face the monetary and psychological costs of both militarism and Wall Street materialism, effectively bankrupting the country; not to mention the casualties of war at home, and in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Why the U.S. won't cut ties with Israel, no matter how extreme its government gets
August 2010
Phyllis Bennis

Israel's defence minister spends much more time in Washington than the nation's pro-"ethnic cleansing" foreign minister; no wonder when the US is committing hundreds of billions of US taxes to Israel's militarization.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Illicit Drug Trade
June 1999
Ricardo Vargas

While escalating civil conflict in Colombia is attracting increasing international interest and concern, the complex relationships between drug trafficking, political violence, and the many actors involved in the social conflict in Colombia are often absent from the debate.

Democracias bajo fuego
May 1998
Martin Jelsma
 and others

Democracias bajo fuego illustrates that the current repressive drug policies create more damage than that they produce solutions in Latin America.

Conclusions: Democracias bajo fuego
May 1998
Drugs and Democracy

The only lasting solution to the political and social instability and the corruption of governments and security forces, which are linked to drug trafficking, lies in gradual decriminalization of the market.

Introduction: Democracias bajo fuego
May 1998
Martin Jelsma
 Theo Roncken

Drug policies, as currently implemented, with their highly repressive nature, cause more problems than they solve in Latin America.

Reluctant Recruits: The US Military and the War on Drugs
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August 1997
Peter Zirnite

Despite spending some $20 billion over the past decade on international drug control and interdiction efforts, illegal drugs from Latin America still flood the United States - a fact that concerns many within the military itself.

Crime in Uniform
April 1997
Adriana Rossi
Martin Jelsma
Ricardo Soberon
 Theo Roncken, Frank Smyth, Carlos Fazio, Thelma Mejía, Samuel Blixen, Jayme Brener

Crime in Uniform presents detailed case studies examining the involvement of Latin American security forces in the illicit drug industry.

Democracy, Human Rights, and Militarism in The War on Drugs in Latin America
April 1997
Drugs and Democracy
 TNI, Cedib and Inforpress Centroamericana

The following essays present insights into the various levels of military involvement in the war on drugs and the implications of this involvement in terms of democracy and human rights in the Western hemisphere.

The US & the War on Drugs: On the Wrong Path
April 1997
Coletta Youngers

Despite Republican criticisms, the Clinton administration has largely continued the supply-side policies and strong-arm tactics laid out by its predecessors, Presidents Reagan and Bush.

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