What’s new? Coca crops have set record yields in Colombia since the 2016 peace accord with FARC guerrillas, persuading the government to expand its forced eradication campaign with the backing of U.S. authorities. Bogotá claims that eliminating the plant will reduce rural violence.
Why does it matter? Insecurity in Colombia’s countryside has steadily got worse in recent years as armed groups vie with one another and the military for supremacy. Enhanced eradication, and potentially aerial fumigation, could intensify violence by forcing farmers into the clutches of armed outfits, while failing to stop the replanting of coca.
What should be done? Colombia and the U.S., the lead outside backer of tough counter-narcotic policies in Latin America, should turn the page on using force against coca farmers in a bid to dent global cocaine supply. Boosting rural economies, forging ahead with crop substitution and avoiding clashes with cultivators would make for better policy.
ABSTRACT: This research has discussed the background and factors that caused the
Rohingya humanitarian crisis, which forced tens of thousands of Rohingya men,
women, and children to flee oppression in the Rakhine state. The information
gathered from the personal interviews conducted for research purposes gave us a
brief historical background of the conflict. This study employed a qualitative
method of research. It aims to analyze the difficulties the Rohingya refugees
face by taking the individual stories of human beings. We also analyze the civil
society’s steps, the government of Malaysia, and other organizations, both
governmental and non-governmental, to assist the Rohingya refugees in tackling
ABSTRACT: This research has discussed the background and factors that caused the
Rohingya humanitarian crisis, which forced tens of thousands of Rohingya men,
women, and children to flee oppression in the Rakhine state. The information
gathered from the personal interviews conducted for research purposes gave us a
brief historical background of the conflict. This study employed a qualitative
method of research. It aims to analyze the difficulties the Rohingya refugees
face by taking the individual stories of human beings. We also analyze the civil
society’s steps, the government of Malaysia, and other organizations, both
governmental and non-governmental, to assist the Rohingya refugees in tackling
ABSTRACT: This research has discussed the background and factors that caused the
Rohingya humanitarian crisis, which forced tens of thousands of Rohingya men,
women, and children to flee oppression in the Rakhine state. The information
gathered from the personal interviews conducted for research purposes gave us a
brief historical background of the conflict. This study employed a qualitative
method of research. It aims to analyze the difficulties the Rohingya refugees
face by taking the individual stories of human beings. We also analyze the civil
society’s steps, the government of Malaysia, and other organizations, both
governmental and non-governmental, to assist the Rohingya refugees in tackling
The ongoing India-China face-off in Eastern Ladakh may appear to be a small-scale confrontation between conventional forces. But it is still one between nuclear-armed states, and the threat of escalation cannot be denied. In its wake, India has carried out a series of missile tests, while China too has fired a number of ballistic missiles near the Paracel and Spratly Islands, apparently to warn the US, but hardly something New Delhi can ignore. This analysis makes three key points: the threat from China is likely to persist; India needs to adapt balancing responses to the threat to the requirements of a nuclear weapons environment; and Indian policymakers should be mindful of the possibilities of actual military combat, be it a marginal war, or a trans-domain conflict that involves use of advanced technologies influencing both the nuclear and conventional spheres.