The deployment of armies, navies, military assets and militarised approaches can send a powerful message, but have produced mixed results. This debate, co hosted between the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ US Centre's International Drug Policy Unit and the discussed four different areas of criminality – wildlife crime, piracy, human smuggling and drug trafficking – to see how effective a militarised response can really be, and what might be lost as collateral damage.
The (IDPU) is a cross-regional and multidisciplinary project, designed to establish a global centre for excellence in the study of international drug policy.
John Collins () is Executive Director of the International Drug Policy Unit and Fellow of the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ US Centre.
Misha Glenny () is an investigative journalist and author of McMafia.
Sasha Jesperson () is Director, Centre for the Study of Modern Slavery, St Mary's University Twickenham.
Tuesday Reitano () is Deputy Director, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime.
Anja Shortland is Reader in Political Economy, King’s College London.
Michael Cox is Director of ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ IDEAS and Emeritus Professor of International Relations at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.
This event was held on 7 November 2017.