Iimproving Security Policy in Colombia

Colombia’s new government has to improve security policy to tackle the guerrilla tactics of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) as well as their broadened participation in drug trafficking and newly forged alliances with other illegal armed groups.

Improving Security Policy in Colombia , the latest briefing from the International Crisis Group, analyses FARC’s response to government military pressure during the past eight years and the emergence of alliances between the insurgents and other illegal armed groups. While the current administration has made important but insufficient achievements in the struggle against FARC, the country’s next president, Juan Manuel Santos, faces considerable challenges in consolidating security gains. Read more>>>