TY - JOUR
T1 - Narcotization as security dilemma
T2 - The FARC and drug trade in Colombia
AU - Norman, Susan Virginia
N1 - Funding Information:
This article is based on research supported by the Drugs, Security, and Democracy Fellowship of the Social Science Research Council and the Open Society Foundations.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2018/8/3
Y1 - 2018/8/3
N2 - This article addresses the relationship between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the cocaine trade in Colombia, and implications for the FARC’s complete demobilization under the 2016 peace agreement. The article identifies two phases of FARC interaction with drug markets. During the regulation phase (1982– 1991), the FARC regulated the coca economy and charged protection rents. During vertical integration (1991–present), the FARC directly participated in drug markets. Contrary to conventional approaches, the article adopts the concept of the security dilemma to argue that FARC integration in drug markets was a strategic response to threats from paramilitaries and narcotics traffickers.
AB - This article addresses the relationship between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the cocaine trade in Colombia, and implications for the FARC’s complete demobilization under the 2016 peace agreement. The article identifies two phases of FARC interaction with drug markets. During the regulation phase (1982– 1991), the FARC regulated the coca economy and charged protection rents. During vertical integration (1991–present), the FARC directly participated in drug markets. Contrary to conventional approaches, the article adopts the concept of the security dilemma to argue that FARC integration in drug markets was a strategic response to threats from paramilitaries and narcotics traffickers.
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U2 - 10.57/610X.2017.1338052
DO - 10.57/610X.2017.1338052
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049381246
SN - 1057-610X
VL - 41
SP - 638
EP - 659
JO - Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
JF - Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
IS - 8
ER -