A joint working group of U.S. and Russian experts, convened by EWI, met for the fourth time last fall to continue discussing ways the United States and Russia can coordinate efforts to counter Afghan narcotrafficking. This meeting, held in Brussels, focused primarily on prospects for U.S.-Russian coordination in increasing security at Afghanistan's borders in order to curb the flow of opiates from the country. This report is a summary of the group's discussions and will be followed shortly by a consensus report with specific recommendations for policymakers on border security around Afghanistan.