A lot of terrific investigative reporting in the The Emmys finals! Keeping my fingers crossed for awesome piece by Alejandro Melgoza Rocha

US targets 3 Mexican fin institutions under fentanyl sanctions - reuters.com/business/finan… "This is a bold move. Being cut off from the US financial system is a death blow. It’s enormously impactful," said Vanda Felbab-Brown, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution"

The Chapitos-CJNG pact “It’s like if the eastern coast of the U.S. seceded during the Cold War and reached out to the Soviet Union," Vanda Felbab-Brown"This has global implications for how the conflict will unfold and how criminal markets will reorganize.” nytimes.com/2025/06/30/wor…

“It’s like if the eastern coast of the U.S. seceded during the Cold War and reached out to the Soviet Union. This has global implications for how the conflict will unfold and how criminal markets will reorganize." Vanda Felbab-Brown's analysis in The New York Times: brook.gs/3TinzVT

In this season finale of Talibanology, I had the pleasure to speak with Dr. Vanda Felbab-Brown Vanda Felbab-Brown about the complex architecture of Taliban rule—from internal factionalism and criminal economies to Russia’s recognition and U.S. policy dilemmas. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/tal…

What are the intl implications of Russia recognizing the Taliban regime? implications within Afghanistan? I speak with Tamim Asey about these and many other issues in Afghanistan today in lnkd.in/exFuiMwD

1/ No surprise Prez Trump has directed the MIL to start using force to target foreign criminal groups. He wanted it in his first term, and many Republican commentators it. NOT the news the Sheinbaum admin wants to hear.

2/ POTUS doesn't need the FTO designation for anti-cartel MIL force use abroad - can do it under Article 2. What the effects will be - read in lnkd.in/gn2wbkik lnkd.in/eznHT7s8

🇲🇽“You can drop a bomb but its effects are limited to nil” toward actually defeating the cartels, Vanda Felbab-Brown said Missile strikes only temporarily affect a groups’ leadership structure & cartel drug labs are often rudimentary & can quickly be rebuilt politico.com/newsletters/na…

Can #Europe face a fentanyl epidemic similar to the US? Listen to another episode of my 🎙 #podcast, #TheGlobalAgora. I talked to Vanda Felbab-Brown. ▶️ podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andre…

Listen to "Can Europe face a fentanyl epidemic similar to the US?" by The Global Agora It's always an immense pleasure to speak w the terrific Andrej Matisak a light of journalism in Eastern Europe creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/an…

Can #Europe face a #fentanyl epidemic similar to the US? My 🎙 #podcast, #TheGlobalAgora, with Vanda Felbab-Brown from The Brookings Institution: ▶️ #Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can… ▶️ #Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/7EKFrE… ▶️ #Goodpods go.goodpods.com/FA4T6r #crime

How has the fentanyl crisis been evolving in the United States? What factors enable and inhibit the explosion of synthetic opioids in Europe? What is the current state of synthetic opioids in Europe? I speak with Andrej Matisak open.spotify.com/episode/7EKFrE…

Rush to listen to this podcast where the brilliant Amb Jeff Feltman is interviewed by Brian Katulis abt his diplomatic career in the Middle East & the Horn of Africa, his reflections on US policies in those regions, & his movie-like adventures in Tehran! sites.libsyn.com/569580/meeting…

Former DEA official Jack Riley and I discuss the pros and cons of US military action against Mexican Cartels on the Chris Cuomo NewsNation show - starts at minute 27 youtube.com/watch?v=39wWPz…

Desde Dubai, un mensaje al cumplirse 100 días de la detención arbitraria de Ruth Eleonora López #DerechoElectoral por el régimen de Nayib Bukele. Ruth, seguiremos luchando por tu liberación y por la de los demás presos políticos y por recuperar nuestra democracia. Abrazo, compatriotas.

To mitigate the drug crisis, the Trump administration needs a more collaborative approach, argues Vanda Felbab-Brown. “The U.S. drug epidemic is a crisis with transnational dimensions, demanding strong teamwork between a variety of countries.” foreignaffairs.com/canada/new-war…

"With drones, the cartels have gained the ability to strike deep into enemy territory — to hit targets that would have been unreachable before." Vanda Felbab-Brown quoted in The New York Times: brook.gs/4lW7Ibs

2/3 PROFEPA Mariana Boy & The Brookings Institution Vanda Felbab-Brown on #totoaba swim bladder trafficking & Mexico's CITES action plan "Protecting #vaquita not only an environmental problem, it is fundamentally a matter of fighting criminal groups, incl transit & destination countries."