Tackling the Global Fentanyl Supply Chain: Lessons Learned
In-person, Members-only
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025 | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
President-elect Trump has made two of the three main strands of the U.S.-Mexico relationship central to his campaign: immigration and trade. The third strand– that of security and the fentanyl trade in particular– is one that has seen a marked improvement this past year. However, tough rhetoric by factions of the incoming administration, including some who advocate a militarized approach, threaten to obscure other potential solutions to what is a globalized supply chain.
Join us from 6:30 to 8:30 PM on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, for a conversation with Annie Pforzheimer, Adjunct Professor of International Relations at The City University of New York and former Senior Advisor to the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission. In this event, we will explore the globalized fentanyl supply chain, its nexus in Mexico, and the ways in which public-private partnerships could be effectively used to tackle an industry that claims lives on both sides of the border through overdoses and societal strangulation. Drawing on the speaker’s diplomatic background, we will also explore how diplomacy can be used in combatting the drug trade and how a likely bundled approach to immigration and trade could impact diplomatic efforts to counter fentanyl.
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SPEAKER:
Annie Pforzheimer
Annie Pforzheimer is a non-resident associate with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She is currently an adjunct professor at the City University of New York and a commentator and advocate on foreign policy matters. A retired career diplomat with the personal rank of minister counselor, Annie was the acting deputy assistant secretary of state for Afghanistan until March 2019, and from 2017 to 2018 was the deputy chief of mission in Kabul. With a focus on security, rule of law, and human rights during a 30-year career in the Foreign Service, Annie directed the implementation of the 2014 U.S. Strategy for Engagement in Central America at the National Security Council; the Office of Andean Affairs in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs during Colombia’s peace process and the emerging Venezuela crisis (2015–2017); and the Bureau of International Organization Affairs’ Office of Peace Support Operations, Sanctions, and Counterterrorism. She led the $1 billion rule of law program (the Mérida Initiative) in Mexico and was the political counselor at the U.S. Embassies in Afghanistan and El Salvador. She is a graduate of Harvard University and holds an MA in security studies from the National War College.
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