The challenge of drug trafficking to democratic governance and human security in West Africa /
David E. Brown
- Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, [2013]
- xv, 84 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 64-84)
These groups represent an existential threat to democratic governance of already fragile states in the sub-region because they are using narco-corruption to stage coups d'état, hijack elections, and co-opt or buy political power.