Jeremy Douglas

Jeremy Douglas (born 1971) is a Canadian foreign policy and Asia expert working for the United Nations. He is the Regional Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and was previously UNODC Representative for Pakistan.

Early life
Douglas was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and graduated from Port Perry High School. He completed his undergraduate degree at Bishop's University, and graduate studies at the London School of Economics.

Career
In April 2013, Douglas was appointed Regional Representative of UNODC for Southeast Asia and the Pacific covering territory from Myanmar to Fiji, and UNODC Liaison to China, Korea, Japan and Mongolia, and to regional organisations including the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS). He was the UNODC Representative for Pakistan from September 2009 - April 2013. He has been widely quoted about regional governance and security, transnational organized crime, different trafficking issues and drug policy, especially in areas surrounding the Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia), most notably by CNN, The Globe and Mail, Reuters, The Economist, the Straits Times, and Bangkok Post, and has published opinion pieces with CNN, The Globe and Mail, The Diplomat, South China Morning Post, Bangkok Post and others. He has also worked with the UN in Vienna and New York.

Publications

 * Parts of Asia are slipping into the hands of organized crime: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/14/opinions/asia-organized-crime-intl/index.html
 * The man accused of running Asia's biggest drug trafficking syndicate has been revealed. Here's what needs to happen next: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/23/opinions/tse-chi-lop-revealed-opinion-intl-hnk/index.html
 * Asian organized crime doubles down on casinos: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/13/opinions/casinos-southeast-asia-intl/index.html
 * Asia has an organized-crime problem. Canada is well placed to help: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-asia-has-an-organized-crime-problem-canada-is-well-placed-to-help/
 * Asia's new methamphetamine hotspot fueling regional unrest: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/08/opinions/myanmar-shan-state-methamphetamine-intl/index.html
 * To disrupt money laundering, Canada should consider a different relationship with Asia: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-to-disrupt-money-laundering-canada-should-consider-a-different/
 * In Asia, the unintended consequences of fentanyl: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/in-asia-the-unintended-consequences-of-fentanyl/article38064851/
 * Market disruption in the shadows: What fentanyl is really telling us: https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/market-disruption-in-the-shadows-what-fentanyl-is-really-telling-us/article36685030/
 * Asia's more open borders must remain closed to criminal gangs: http://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1540277/asias-more-open-borders-must-remain-closed-criminal-gangs
 * Organised crime poses regional integration threat: http://www.bangkokpost.com/print/440593/
 * Transnational Threats in Southeast Asia: http://thediplomat.com/2016/11/transnational-threats-in-southeast-asia/
 * Southeast Asia must deal with flow of terrorist recruits to Islamic State: http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1824742/southeast-asia-must-deal-flow-terrorist-recruits-islamic
 * Is Southeast Asia the next IS terror target?: http://www.bangkokpost.com/print/771700/
 * Will the global drug policy evolution hit SE Asia?: http://www.bangkokpost.com/print/927045/
 * Time to act: Fast -Tracking the response for people who inject drugs in Asia and the Pacific: https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-015-0077-7
 * Myanmar's plan for police reform is an opportunity for the international community: http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/opinion/22194-myanmar-s-plan-for-police-reform-is-an-opportunity-for-the-international-community.html