Spring 2024 Conflict Series: Perfect Storms, Unusual Actors, and Interdependency

Co-presented by the the Center for Global Affairs at NYU's School for Professional Studies, the Program in International Relations at NYU's GSAS, the Robert L. Bernstein Institute for Human Rights, the International Education Program at NYU Steinhardt, and the Office of International Programs at NYU Wagner.

February
06
12:30pm - 1:30pm EST
General Public
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Date:
February 06, 2024
Time:
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Online
Audience:
General Public

Each Tuesday, the Conflict, Security, and Development Series will examine new research, discuss creative policy approaches, and highlight recent innovations in responding to the challenges of security and development in conflict and post-conflict situations.

This week, Dr. Eric Gutierrez will discuss his upcoming book, Rethinking Illicit Economies in Opium and Cocaine: Policy Responses to Drug Crops in the Global South. He will discuss how perfect storms are when illicit crop cultivation occurs amidst chronic poverty, conflict, criminality, corruption, and climate change. Unusual actors include criminal entrepreneurs typically hunted by law enforcement, but may also be the only sources of investment and employment in collapsing local economies. Amidst the complexity of survival and resilience, intended and unintended interdependencies emerge.


 

 

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