War on Drugs in Colombia as a New War

Vera EFIMOVA

Master's thesis

Abstract:

A notion of war has developed overtime, and toda the concept of new wars has become widely spread and discussed within the academic community. According to the new wars theor, modern conflicts are different from the conventional old wars and, consequently, their analysis require a new approach. This paper aims to examine the war on drugs as one of those new wars in order to suggest possible solutions. For that reason, a case stud analsis of the war on drugs in Colombia has been carried out. Colombia has been chosen as a representative case due to the severity of the drug trafficking problem in the country and significant measures which were taken to put an end to it, including Plan Colombia. The involved actors were examined, with a focus on their incentives for the ongoing war and gains from it. As a result of the analysis, a conclusion of the applicabilit of the new wars concept to the Colombian case has been made, highlighting all the respective features. Based on these findings, the paper presents ideas to find a way out, according to the new wars theory.

Abstract:

A notion of war has developed overtime, and toda the concept of new wars has become widely spread and discussed within the academic community. According to the new wars theor, modern conflicts are different from the conventional old wars and, consequently, their analysis require a new approach. This paper aims to examine the war on drugs as one of those new wars in order to suggest possible solutions. For that reason, a case stud analsis of the war on drugs in Colombia has been carried out. Colombia has been chosen as a representative case due to the severity of the drug trafficking problem in the country and significant measures which were taken to put an end to it, including Plan Colombia. The involved actors were examined, with a focus on their incentives for the ongoing war and gains from it. As a result of the analysis, a conclusion of the applicabilit of the new wars concept to the Colombian case has been made, highlighting all the respective features. Based on these findings, the paper presents ideas to find a way out, according to the new wars theory.

Keywords

new wars, war on drugs, Colombia, case study

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 8. 6. 2020

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: Mgr. Radovan Dluhý-Smith

Palacký University Olomouc

Faculty of Science

Master programme / odbor:
Geography / International Development Studies