Topic: Vanda Felbab-Brown
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Mexico lawmakers livid over US 'Operation Fast and Furious'
Mexican lawmakers have condemned the US 'Operation Fast and Furious,' which purportedly allows gun smuggling in order to track weapons to Mexican drug lords.
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Colombia offers clues for solution to Mexico drug war
The Mexico drug war is pushing officials to take heed of Colombia, which made progress with social welfare programs and acknowledgment that force alone doesn't work.
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Afghanistan war: Good counterinsurgency, like good politics, is local
In Afghanistan, US soldiers on second or third tours are returning to the same areas, where they already know key tribal leaders and the terrain. The new strategy aims to cultivate relationships within the tribal culture.
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US applies Colombia antidrug lessons to Afghanistan
A new strategy in Afghanistan to combat the opium trade draws on US experience curbing cocaine shipments in Latin America.
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