A State Built on Sand: How Opium Undermined Afghanistan - SOAS University of London

The Anthony Hyman Memorial Lecture 2017 titled “A State Built on Sand: How Opium Undermined Afghanistan“ was given by Dr David Mansfield (Senior Visiting Fellow LSE IDEAS and Independent Consultant) at the Centre of Contemporary Central Asia & the Caucasus, SOAS University of London on 20 March 2017. You can find out more about this event at You can find out more about the Centre of Contemporary Central Asia & the Caucasus at