Global Insights: Russia’s Self-Defeating Afghan Narcotics Policy
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Russia has blocked a U.S. initiative to build a network of U.S.-supported counternarcotics centers in Central Asia. In public, Russian officials denigrate the effectiveness of such programs and have favored concentrating on fighting opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan itself. But some Russian officials’ opposition to the initiative is driven by their desire to minimize the U.S. presence in Central Asia.
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Global Insights: Russia’s Self-Defeating Afghan Narcotics Policy