From February 15-23, 2016, I had the opportunity to travel to Mexico to conduct interviews with Mexican security experts about the evolution of transnational organized crime in the country and the work of Mexico’s current government to combat it. My…
This compendium provides a number of lessons learned submitted by U.S. Army War College students while attending elective courses on stability operations. These lessons cover the following topics: improving local governance in Iraq; early reconstruction and security issues in Iraq;…
Since 2006, when Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared war on the drug cartels, there has been a rise in the number of Mexican nationals seeking political asylum in the United States to escape the ongoing drug cartel violence in their…
The North American Free Trade Association has accelerated its interdependence with the U.S. economy. At the same time, Mexico has been experiencing great political, economic, and social disruption, and has become the territory of origin or transit of most of…
The recent traumatic developments in Mexico caught both the Mexican and U.S. governments, as well as most academic observers, by surprise. Until the Zapatista National Liberation Army burst onto the scene in January 1994, Mexico s future seemed assured. The…
Drs. Stephen Wager and Donald Schulz examine the causes, nature and implications of the Zapatista uprising, emphasizing in particular its impact on Mexican civil-military relations. They argue that, together with the onset of democratization, the Chiapas rebellion has strained these…
In 1993, the Strategic Studies Institute and the University of Arizona cosponsored a conference on “Mexico Looks to the 21st Century: Change and Challenge.” It brought together a distinguished group of academic and government specialists to discuss Mexico’s future, particularly…