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Author Biography
Paul Rexton Kan is Professor of National Security Studies at the US Army War College. He is the author of the books, Drugs and Contemporary Warfare (Dulles: Potomac Books, 2009) and Cartels at War: Understanding Mexico’s Drug-Fueled Violence and the Challenge to US National Security (Dulles: Potomac Books, 2012). He is the author of numerous articles on the intersection of drug trafficking, crime and modern forms of armed conflict.
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1944-0472.7.2.3
Subject Area Keywords
Asymmetric warfare, Irregular warfare, Narcotics trafficking, Special operations forces
Abstract
Illicit drug trafficking is a prominent national security issue in a globalizing world. Drug trafficking intersects with major security issues such as rogue and narco-states, weak and failing states, insurgencies and terrorism, transnational organized crime and protracted intrastate conflicts. These are the same issues that sets the operational environment for the deployment of SOF. Rather than treating drug trafficking as a singular and separate security issue, global SOF counternarcotics operations must adapt previous approaches to new realities.
Recommended Citation
Kan, Paul Rexton. "Forces of Habit: Global SOF's Role in Countering Illicit Drug Trafficking." Journal of Strategic Security 7, no. 2 (2014)
: 21-28.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1944-0472.7.2.3
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