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Philip A. Berry

@drphilipaberry.bsky.social
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Consultant | Visiting Senior Lecturer ‪King's College London | Author: 'The War on Drugs and Anglo-American Relations: Lessons from Afghanistan | Ex UK Home Office counter-narcotics official

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Philip A. Berry @drphilipaberry.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
It’s significant –but unsurprising–that the UK has stopped intel sharing w/ the US, after the drug boat strikes in the Caribbean. A similar event occurred in 2017 when the UK prevented JNAC providing the US with intel to bomb drug labs in Afghanistan @cnn.com edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 09/11/2025
Conflating the many, tangled relationships between terror and trafficking under the single heading of “narco-terrorism” is a recipe for bad policy, writes Philip A. Berry.
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The Use and Abuse of ‘Narco-Terrorism’
From Afghanistan to Venezuela, the misleading term has inspired decades of misguided policies against real problems.
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Philip A. Berry @drphilipaberry.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Following the controversial and likely unlawful actions taken by the Trump administration in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean against suspected drug-running boats, I'm pleased to share my take on the history of ‘narco-terrorism’ for @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/07/n...
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The Use and Abuse of ‘Narco-Terrorism’
From Afghanistan to Venezuela, the misleading term has inspired decades of misguided policies against real problems.
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World Politics Review @wpr.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Authorities around the world are sounding warnings about a new, highly potent synthetic opioid, largely manufactured in China, @drphilipaberry.bsky.social writes.
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A New Front Opens in the Battle Against Synthetic Opioids
Authorities around the world are sounding warnings about a new, highly potent synthetic opioid, largely manufactured in China.
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Philip A. Berry @drphilipaberry.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
I’m delighted to share my take for World Politics Review about the UK’s counter-narcotics support to Ecuador. The article highlights the scale of the drug problem in Ecuador and provides historical context about the UK’s anti-drug assistance to the country www.worldpoliticsreview.com/uk-ecuador-c...
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Ecuador’s Cocaine Trafficking Crisis Is a Problem for the U.K., Too
The increasing volumes of cocaine reaching the U.K. meet a soaring demand that has resulted in the country having the second-highest cocaine usage rate in the world.
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Philip A. Berry @drphilipaberry.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
There were at least 333 drug-related deaths involving #nitazenes in the UK in 2024. This compares to 342 synthetic opioid, including #fentanyl, deaths in Germany in the same year. www.bundesdrogenbeauftragter.de/presse/detai...
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Jetzt handeln und Drogenkrise verhindern - Der Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Sucht- und Drogenfragen
Prof. Dr. Hendrik Streeck: „Wir müssen schneller, systematischer und konsequenter reagieren auf neue, immer gefährlichere Drogen.“
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Philip A. Berry @drphilipaberry.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
In 2024, there were 2,137 drug-related deaths in Germany, 90 cases fewer than the previous year. ‘#Synthetic #opioids such as #fentanyl [has] been found in…342 cases, approximately 16 percent’. www.bundesdrogenbeauftragter.de/presse/detai...
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Jetzt handeln und Drogenkrise verhindern - Der Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Sucht- und Drogenfragen
Prof. Dr. Hendrik Streeck: „Wir müssen schneller, systematischer und konsequenter reagieren auf neue, immer gefährlichere Drogen.“
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Philip A. Berry @drphilipaberry.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Russia is the first country to recognise the Taliban regime. Will other repressive states follow suit? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Russia the first to recognise Taliban government in Afghanistan
The foreign minister in Kabul called Moscow's decision
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Philip A. Berry @drphilipaberry.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
A massive 3,600 kilograms of #cocaine, worth £76 million, was concealed within bananas and transited the port of Southampton en route to Hamburg. www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2525345...
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Cocaine worth £76m found hidden in bananas at city port
Cocaine worth more than £76m was found stashed inside bananas onboard a vessel at Southampton port
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Philip A. Berry @drphilipaberry.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
China has announced it is scheduling the entire class of nitazene-related substances. It will be interesting to see how this, if at all, impacts #nitazene supply. www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202506/19/...
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China to regulate all nitazene-related substances
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Philip A. Berry @drphilipaberry.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This is disgraceful, but unsurprising given how Musk operates.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/02/2025
What is at stake in the US-UK trade talks? www.ft.com/content/ab671907-51a5-48…
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What is at stake in the US-UK trade talks?
President Trump has raised the prospect of a deal that could help Britain avoid tariffs
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 28/02/2025
It’s a ‘very b ig deal’ says the US president. But will it bring peace and security to Ukraine?
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Trump mineral deal with Ukraine offers hope but little in the way of security
It’s a ‘very b ig deal’ says the US president. But will it bring peace and security to Ukraine?
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Philip A. Berry @drphilipaberry.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
I'm pleased to share my take for @uk.theconversation.com about nitazene supply & use in the UK & EU. It details the actors currently behind the trade, how the UK government has responded & offers some tentative conclusions about how this may develop in the future theconversation.com/there-has-ne...
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‘There has never been a more dangerous time to take drugs’: the rising global threat of nitazenes and synthetic opioids
Unlike opium, nitazenes and other synthetic opioids can be produced anywhere in the world using precursor chemicals that are often uncontrolled.
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 08/02/2025
Unlike opium, nitazenes and other synthetic opioids can be produced anywhere in the world using precursor chemicals that are often uncontrolled.
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‘There has never been a more dangerous time to take drugs’: the rising global threat of nitazenes and synthetic opioids
Unlike opium, nitazenes and other synthetic opioids can be produced anywhere in the world using precursor chemicals that are often uncontrolled.
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 27/02/2025
The deal that Trump left for his successor Joe Biden was a recipe for the disaster that followed.
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How Trump the ‘master deal-maker’ failed when it came to negotiating with the Taliban in Afghanistan
The deal that Trump left for his successor Joe Biden was a recipe for the disaster that followed.
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Philip A. Berry @drphilipaberry.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
I'm pleased to share my take for the @uk.theconversation.com comparing President Trump's disastrous deal with the #Taliban in 2020 with his early strategy for 'peace' talks with Russia over its illegal invasion of #Ukraine: theconversation.com/how-trump-th...
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How Trump the ‘master deal-maker’ failed when it came to negotiating with the Taliban in Afghanistan
The deal that Trump left for his successor Joe Biden was a recipe for the disaster that followed.
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