Drug Money Funding Unbudgeted Military Expenditure

Why do some conflicts refuse to end? Why do peace processes collapse, even after decades of negotiations and aid?

This groundbreaking book reveals the hidden engine of modern wars: the nexus between drug money and unbudgeted military expenditure. From the heroin routes of Manipur to Afghanistan’s opium fields, Colombia’s cocaine jungles, Myanmar’s meth super-labs, and Mexico’s cartel wars, a disturbing pattern emerges — narcotics profits fuel insurgents, covert funds sustain militaries, and both sides profit from perpetual instability.

In Drug Money Funding Unbudgeted Military Expenditure, SB Luwang examines:

• How drug economies function as parallel states.

• The mechanics of laundering, covert budgets, and proxy wars.

• Manipur as a microcosm of global narco-military dynamics.

• The devastating social costs — addiction, HIV, youth unemployment, and corruption.

• Theoretical insights, from the “resource curse” to the “insecurity economy.”

• Future scenarios if the cycle continues unchecked.

• Practical policy recommendations to break the nexus.

Written in a sharp yet accessible style, this book connects local realities to global frameworks. It is a call to rethink how we understand conflict: not as a failure of peace, but as the success of a shadow war economy where drugs and secret funds make war profitable.

For policymakers, academics, activists, and anyone seeking to understand why instability persists in our world, this book offers both clarity and urgency.