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Tables of Contents for Columbian Labyrinth
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
iii
ix
xi
Summary
xiii
Acknowledgments
xxi
Acronyms
xxiii
Introduction: Sources of Instability
1
10
Political Trends
2
2
Economic Trends
4
2
Social Trends
6
2
Roadmap to the Report
8
3
The Illegal Drug Trade
11
12
Scope and Dimensions
11
3
The Main Players
14
2
Impact of Drug Trade on Colombia and the Region
16
2
Impact of the Drug Trade on U.S. Interests
18
2
The U.S. Response
20
3
Origins and Development of the Guerrillas
23
16
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
23
7
The National Liberation Army (ELN)
30
1
Other Guerrilla Groups
31
1
Sources of Guerrilla Income: Links to the Drug Trade
32
1
Other Sources of Guerrilla Income
33
2
The Arms Pipeline
35
2
Supporting Networks and Information-Age Warfare
37
2
Guerrilla Strategy
39
14
Grand Strategy
39
7
Controlling the Grass Roots: The Local Dimension of Guerrilla Strategy
46
7
The Illegal Self-Defense Groups: Cause or Symptom of the Disorder?
53
8
Origins, Characteristics, and Organization
53
4
Allegations of Collusion with the Colombian Military
57
1
Links to the Drug Trade
58
1
Political Actors or Criminals?
59
2
Colombian Government Strategy
61
10
Plan Colombia
61
3
Counter-Narcotics Strategy
64
3
Role of the United States
67
4
The Peace Negotiations
71
8
Prospects for a Peace Settlement
74
4
Conclusions
78
1
Colombian Futures
79
6
Successful Peace Agreement
79
1
Turning the Tide
80
1
Stalemate
81
1
The Peruvian Model
82
1
Disintegration
82
1
FARC Takeover or Power-Sharing
82
1
Internationalization of the Conflict
83
1
Probable Future Path
83
2
A Wider Conflict?
85
8
Panama
85
2
Venezuela
87
1
Ecuador
88
2
Brazil
90
1
Conclusions
91
2
Implications for U.S. Interests
93
8
Strategic-Level Considerations
93
2
Operational-Level Implications
95
2
Regional Cooperation
97
2
Conclusions
99
2
Appendix: The Colombian Armed Forces
101
6
Bibliography
107