How Mexican Cartels and China Shape the U.S. Fentanyl Epidemic

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

IRONCLAD

Society & Culture

4.8 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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On today's episode, Andy sits down with geopolitical expert and author, Vanda Felbab-Brown to discuss the on-going fight against the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. Vanda is an expert in international conflict and non-traditional security threats, with a focus on insurgency, organized crime, and illicit economies. She serves as a senior fellow in the Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology within the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. She is also the director of the Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors and co-director of the Africa Security Initiative, as well as the Brookings series on opioids, The Opioid Crisis in America: Domestic and International Dimensions. As an author, her books include The Extinction Market: Wildlife Trafficking and How to Counter It, Narco Noir: Mexico’s Cartels, Cops, and Corruption, and Militants, Criminals, and Warlords: The Challenge of Local Governance in an Age of Disorder. In addition, she hosts The Killing Drugs Podcast. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original. Sponsors: SPONSORS: Firecracker Farm Use code IRONCLAD to get 15% off your first order at https://firecracker.farm/ Allegiance Gold Go to https://ProtectWithAndy.com to get exclusive lowest pricing on the market for select gold bars or call (844) 790-9191 to talk to an account representative. MTNTOUGH Use code CYBER50 at www.mtntough.com for a full year of the app for just $120. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.2	Vast numbers of US law enforcement agents across Mexico being able to be part of on the ground operations,
1:10.5	at least in an observer role, being able to be part of joint fusion intelligence centers, so that we also have eyes and can prompt
1:15.0	some of the necessary cleanup of law enforcement and military institutions in Mexico.
1:20.6	This is a very hard task. The Mexican government doesn't want it, but this is what I would be
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