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27 octobre 2004 - October 27, 2004.

www.geopium.org & www.pa-chouvy.org

Géographie et géopolitique des drogues.

Geography and Geopolitics of Drugs.

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INTERVIEW

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An Afghanistan Watch Interview with Dr. Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy (October 26, 2004 - By Carl Robichaud, Program Officer at The Centrury Foundation, Co-manager of the Afghanistan Watch).

http://www.tcf.org/afghanistanwatch/commentary.htm#chouvy

In Afghanistan, illegal opium is, along with foreign aid, the country's primary source of national income. Opium fuels turf wars between regional strongmen, finances their personal armies, and empowers them to defy the central government. The opium trade is considered by many observers inside and outside Afghanistan as the greatest threat to the country's peace, prosperity and political development.

But is this conventional wisdom correct? And how is the international community doing when it comes to reining in opium production in Afghanistan?

In this edition of Afghanistan Watch, we interview Dr. Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy, one of the world's leading experts on international drug trafficking. Dr. Chouvy is a Research Fellow at the French National Scientific Research Center (CNRS); his website geopium.org is a must-read for those interested in the causes and consequences of opium production in fragile states. He is an author of numerous books and articles on the subject, and is a frequent contributor to Jane's Intelligence Review.

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