Vali Nasr
@vali_nasr
Professor Johns Hopkins-SAIS, Fr Sr Advisor, State Dept, books: Dispensable Nation, Shia Revival. RT not endorsement
20-06-2009 02:45:46
36,1K Tweets
91,6K Followers
1,4K Following
I highly recommend Amitav Ghosh brilliant new book on how opium and opiods have shaped our world, Some and Ashes. Among its eye-opening arguments: 1) East India Co was in reality the world's first a drug cartel, and British Raj the world's first narco-state; 2) opium brought…