The Dialogue is pleased to host a policy discussion on illicit trafficking in the Western Hemisphere featuring Peter Andreas of Brown University’s Political Science Department and the Watson Institute for International Studies, Vanda Felbab-Brown of the Brookings Institution and Steven Dudley of InSight Crime and the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars. The session will take place on January 17, from 5:00 – 6:30 pm, at the Inter-American Dialogue (1211 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 510).

This event coincides with the release of Andreas’ new book, Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America (Oxford University Press, 2013), which places current policy debate in a wider context and argues that strong linkages between governments and organized crime is hardly a recent phenomenon. The discussion among the three specialists – each with broad comparative knowledge – will center on how today’s landscape in the Americas differs, if at all, from historical cases, the seriousness of the threat posed by illicit markets, and effective policy responses. Andreas’ opening remarks will be followed by commentary by Felbab-Brown and Dudley before a wide-ranging exchange with participants.

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