Patrick Meehan works in the Department of Development  Studies at SOAS, University of London. His research explores  the political economy of violence, conflict and development, and  engages specifically with the relationship between illicit drug  economies, statebuilding and peacebuilding, with a primary  focus on Myanmar’s borderlands with China and Thailand.

He is a Co-Investigator on a major new research project funded  by the Global Challenges Research Fund, entitled ‘Drugs and  (dis)order: Building sustainable peacetime economies in the  aftermath of war’, which focuses on Afghanistan, Colombia  and Myanmar.

Patrick Meehan is a contributor to our Accord publication series and not a staff member of Conciliation Resources. The views expressed in the publication are their own and do not reflect the position of Conciliation Resources. We cannot share contributors' contact details.