Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Narcotics Affairs
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ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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U.S.-Colombia Policy
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Narcotics Affairs
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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U.S. Security Policy in the Western Hemisphere: Why Colombia, Why Now, and What Is To Be Done?
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428911561
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428911561
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
U.S. Policy Toward Colombia
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats
Author: Winifred Tate
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804792011
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 2000, the U.S. passed a major aid package that was going to help Colombia do it all: cut drug trafficking, defeat leftist guerrillas, support peace, and build democracy. More than 80% of the assistance, however, was military aid, at a time when the Colombian security forces were linked to abusive, drug-trafficking paramilitary forces. Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats examines the U.S. policymaking process in the design, implementation, and consequences of Plan Colombia, as the aid package came to be known. Winifred Tate explores the rhetoric and practice of foreign policy by the U.S. State Department, the Pentagon, Congress, and the U.S. military Southern Command. Tate's ethnography uncovers how policymakers' utopian visions and emotional entanglements play a profound role in their efforts to orchestrate and impose social transformation abroad. She argues that U.S. officials' zero tolerance for illegal drugs provided the ideological architecture for the subsequent militarization of domestic drug policy abroad. The U.S. also ignored Colombian state complicity with paramilitary brutality, presenting them as evidence of an absent state and the authentic expression of a frustrated middle class. For rural residents of Colombia living under paramilitary dominion, these denials circulated as a form of state terror. Tate's analysis examines how oppositional activists and the policy's targets—civilians and local state officials in southern Colombia—attempted to shape aid design and delivery, revealing the process and effects of human rights policymaking.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804792011
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 2000, the U.S. passed a major aid package that was going to help Colombia do it all: cut drug trafficking, defeat leftist guerrillas, support peace, and build democracy. More than 80% of the assistance, however, was military aid, at a time when the Colombian security forces were linked to abusive, drug-trafficking paramilitary forces. Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats examines the U.S. policymaking process in the design, implementation, and consequences of Plan Colombia, as the aid package came to be known. Winifred Tate explores the rhetoric and practice of foreign policy by the U.S. State Department, the Pentagon, Congress, and the U.S. military Southern Command. Tate's ethnography uncovers how policymakers' utopian visions and emotional entanglements play a profound role in their efforts to orchestrate and impose social transformation abroad. She argues that U.S. officials' zero tolerance for illegal drugs provided the ideological architecture for the subsequent militarization of domestic drug policy abroad. The U.S. also ignored Colombian state complicity with paramilitary brutality, presenting them as evidence of an absent state and the authentic expression of a frustrated middle class. For rural residents of Colombia living under paramilitary dominion, these denials circulated as a form of state terror. Tate's analysis examines how oppositional activists and the policy's targets—civilians and local state officials in southern Colombia—attempted to shape aid design and delivery, revealing the process and effects of human rights policymaking.
Colombia and U.S. Policy
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Category : Colombia
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Colombia's endless civil war usually hovers at the outer limit of our national consciousness. Policymakers focus on the problem and commit resources -- only when advancing chaos in Colombia seems to herald an uptick in the supply of cocaine on American streets. This paper argues that our tendency to view the bilateral relationship solely in an antidrug context is misguided and ignores the long-term risk of state failure in Colombia. We should shift to a strategy of sustained engagement, using diplomacy, aid, military assistance and other instruments to press the Colombian government and elites both to restore basic security for all citizens and to address the social and economic problems that underpin both the insurgencies and the drug trade. While this strategy has a military dimension, we should avoid the evolution of engagement into use of U.S. military force. Direct, substantial U.S. military involvement outside current statutory limits will not advance our long-term goals and should be used only if necessary to protect American lives.
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Category : Colombia
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Colombia's endless civil war usually hovers at the outer limit of our national consciousness. Policymakers focus on the problem and commit resources -- only when advancing chaos in Colombia seems to herald an uptick in the supply of cocaine on American streets. This paper argues that our tendency to view the bilateral relationship solely in an antidrug context is misguided and ignores the long-term risk of state failure in Colombia. We should shift to a strategy of sustained engagement, using diplomacy, aid, military assistance and other instruments to press the Colombian government and elites both to restore basic security for all citizens and to address the social and economic problems that underpin both the insurgencies and the drug trade. While this strategy has a military dimension, we should avoid the evolution of engagement into use of U.S. military force. Direct, substantial U.S. military involvement outside current statutory limits will not advance our long-term goals and should be used only if necessary to protect American lives.
Challenges and Successes for U.S. Policy Toward Colombia
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Driven by Drugs
Author: Russell Crandall
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN: 9781588260895
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Crandall (political science, Davidson College) examines the evolution of US policy towards Columbia, largely driven by factors relating to the US's "war on drugs," as well as the roots of violence in Colombia. He then focuses on US policy towards the country during two key periods: the Samper administration (1994-1998) and the Pastrana administration (1998-2002). He concludes by assessing current US policy toward Colombia and suggesting directions for future policy. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN: 9781588260895
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Crandall (political science, Davidson College) examines the evolution of US policy towards Columbia, largely driven by factors relating to the US's "war on drugs," as well as the roots of violence in Colombia. He then focuses on US policy towards the country during two key periods: the Samper administration (1994-1998) and the Pastrana administration (1998-2002). He concludes by assessing current US policy toward Colombia and suggesting directions for future policy. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
U.S. Policy Regarding Narcotics Control in Colombia
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Caucus on International Narcotics Control
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats
Author: Winifred Tate
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804795673
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
In 2000, the U.S. passed a major aid package that was going to help Colombia do it all: cut drug trafficking, defeat leftist guerrillas, support peace, and build democracy. More than 80% of the assistance, however, was military aid, at a time when the Colombian security forces were linked to abusive, drug-trafficking paramilitary forces. Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats examines the U.S. policymaking process in the design, implementation, and consequences of Plan Colombia, as the aid package came to be known. Winifred Tate explores the rhetoric and practice of foreign policy by the U.S. State Department, the Pentagon, Congress, and the U.S. military Southern Command. Tate's ethnography uncovers how policymakers' utopian visions and emotional entanglements play a profound role in their efforts to orchestrate and impose social transformation abroad. She argues that U.S. officials' zero tolerance for illegal drugs provided the ideological architecture for the subsequent militarization of domestic drug policy abroad. The U.S. also ignored Colombian state complicity with paramilitary brutality, presenting them as evidence of an absent state and the authentic expression of a frustrated middle class. For rural residents of Colombia living under paramilitary dominion, these denials circulated as a form of state terror. Tate's analysis examines how oppositional activists and the policy's targets—civilians and local state officials in southern Colombia—attempted to shape aid design and delivery, revealing the process and effects of human rights policymaking.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804795673
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
In 2000, the U.S. passed a major aid package that was going to help Colombia do it all: cut drug trafficking, defeat leftist guerrillas, support peace, and build democracy. More than 80% of the assistance, however, was military aid, at a time when the Colombian security forces were linked to abusive, drug-trafficking paramilitary forces. Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats examines the U.S. policymaking process in the design, implementation, and consequences of Plan Colombia, as the aid package came to be known. Winifred Tate explores the rhetoric and practice of foreign policy by the U.S. State Department, the Pentagon, Congress, and the U.S. military Southern Command. Tate's ethnography uncovers how policymakers' utopian visions and emotional entanglements play a profound role in their efforts to orchestrate and impose social transformation abroad. She argues that U.S. officials' zero tolerance for illegal drugs provided the ideological architecture for the subsequent militarization of domestic drug policy abroad. The U.S. also ignored Colombian state complicity with paramilitary brutality, presenting them as evidence of an absent state and the authentic expression of a frustrated middle class. For rural residents of Colombia living under paramilitary dominion, these denials circulated as a form of state terror. Tate's analysis examines how oppositional activists and the policy's targets—civilians and local state officials in southern Colombia—attempted to shape aid design and delivery, revealing the process and effects of human rights policymaking.
Getting U.S. Aid to Colombia
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description