Mexico Is Not Colombia Alternative Historical Analogies for Responding to the Challenge of Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations

• Main Author: Paul, Christopher (auth)
• Other Authors: Clarke, Colin P. (auth), Serena, Chad C. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2014
• Subjects: International relations; Addiction & therapy; Crime & criminology; Sociology; Psychology; Political Science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Despite the scope of the threat they pose to Mexico's security, violent drug-trafficking organizations are not well understood, and optimal strategies to combat them have not been identified. While there is no perfectly analogous case from history, Mexico stands to benefit from historical lesso...