Drug Control Increased Interdiction and its Contribution to the War on Drugs: Statement of Louis J. Rodrigues, Director, Systems Development and Production Issues, National Security and International Affairs Division. Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis J. Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
National Security ◽  
War On Drugs ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
United States Senate ◽  
Drug Control ◽  
Postal Service ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
General Government

Imagining a Global Sovereignty: U.S. Counternarcotic Operations in Istanbul during the Early Cold War and the Origins of the Foreign “War on Drugs”

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew R. Pembleton
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
National Security ◽  
War On Drugs ◽  
Drug Control ◽  
Federal Bureau ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Deep State ◽  
Cold War Era ◽  
The Cold War

Drawing on declassified records of the little-known Federal Bureau of Narcotics, this article examines counternarcotics operations in postwar Istanbul in the context of the Cold War and its impact on U.S. officials’ conceptions of national security. Ever-expanding drug control operations demonstrated the emergence of U.S. hegemonic impulses independent of the deepening conflict with the Soviet Union. The article challenges the view that U.S. policy on drug control during the early Cold War era existed primarily as an adjunct of the “deep state.” Actual U.S. policies were shaped by a much more complex set of factors.

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