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International Drug Trafficking And National Security Of Turkey, Doç.Dr. Behsat Ekici
International Drug Trafficking And National Security Of Turkey, Doç.Dr. Behsat Ekici
Ekici Behsat
Drug trafficking is an ever growing international security conundrum. Transnational crime syndicates have proved to be extremely resilient to counter-narcotics initiatives. Despite the efforts of national and international institutions, enormous amounts of drugs are produced, trafficked and consumed throughout the world. Transnational crime syndicates manufacture new psychoactive substances when the governments increase controls over existing drugs. Annual number of drug-related deaths has increased to 250,000 globally. Illicit drug trade proved to be an insidious threat that finances terrorism, instigates corruption, undermines economic development and erodes state authority. Turkey is exposed to massive flows of narcotics as it lies at a …
No More 9/11s: Reconceptualizing National Security And The Creation Of An American Garrison State., Jacob M. Waxman
No More 9/11s: Reconceptualizing National Security And The Creation Of An American Garrison State., Jacob M. Waxman
Political Science Honors Projects
The NSA’s electronic surveillance program unsettled many Americans as an abuse of government power. In my research I reconcile this program with traditional American civil-military relations and conceptions of national security. I apply these theories to the Cold War and War on Terror, exploring how in both cases the US built a national security state using legislation, bureaucracy, and legitimizing rhetoric to respond to the Soviet and terrorist threats. I find that 9/11 expanded the American conception of national security, which precipitated the NSA surveillance program. Without significant public and Congressional pushback, the current national security state is likely to …