Title

United States' Narco-Terrorism Policy: A Contingency Approach To The Convergence Of The Wars On Drugs And Against Terrorism

Abstract

In recent years, terorrist organizations have become increasingly dependent on drug trafficking as one of several primary sources of revenue to fund terrorist activities. In response, the United States' security and intelligence efforts against narco-terrorism have increasingly merged into one unified policy approach. Moreover, the convergence of United States policy wars against terrorism and illicit drugs have produced complex and dynamic contigency factors. As a result, a relatively coherent nexus now exists between the United States antinarcotics and antiterrorist policies. The objective of this article is to explain and asses the contigency factors and implications resulting from this convergence and to provide policy scholars with an analytical perspective into the implications of the United States' narcoterrorism policy. It is believed that this article is significant to both policy practitioners and policy scholars concerned with the domestic impact of the United States' narco-terrorism policy. © 2005 by The Policy Studies Organization. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

7-1-2005

Publication Title

Review of Policy Research

Volume

22

Issue

4

Number of Pages

451-471

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-1338.2005.00149.x

Socpus ID

22944469801 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/22944469801

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