How and why consensus fractured at the 2024 session of the UN Commission on narcotic drugs: an exploratory study of international drug policy constellations using social network analysis and qualitative comparative analysis

BackgroundConsensus in international drug policy has fractured.It would be useful to explain how and why this occurred. AimThis exploratory study develops and tests theory and methods for describing and explaining constellations of policy actors and positions in international drug policy. MethodsThis article applies the policy constellations approach.It uses social network analysis (SNA) of the statements made by countries at the 2024 Commission on Narcotic Drugs, combined with a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) of the data on countries' value orientations and national levels of human development.