Mexico Institute

Security Cooperation

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Shared Responsibility

Eric L. Olson, Andrew Selee, and David Shirk
This publication examines specific challenges for security cooperation between the United States and Mexico including efforts to address the consumption of narcotics, money laundering, arms trafficking, intelligence sharing, policy strengthening, judicial reform, civil-military relations, and the protection of journalists.
Complete Book
Overview
Introduction
Chapter 1- Drug Trafficking Organizations and Counter-Drug Strategies in the U.S.-Mexico Context
Chapter 2- Drug Trafficking Organizations in Central America: Transportistas, Mexican Cartels and Maras
Chapter 3- Crossing the Mississippi: How Black Tar Heroin Moved into the Eastern United States
Chapter 4- How Can Domestic U.S. Drug Policy Help Mexico?
Chapter 5- Money Laundering and Bulk Cash Smuggling: Challenges for the Merida Initiative
Chapter 6- U.S. Firearms Trafficking to Mexico: New Data and Insights Illuminate Key Trends and Challenges
Chapter 7- Justice Reform in Mexico: Change and Challenges in the Judicial Sector
Chapter 8- Police Reform in Mexico: Advances and Persistent Obstacles
Chapter 9- Protecting Press Freedom in an Environment of Violence and Impunity
Chapter 10- Armed Forces and Drugs, Public Perceptions and Institutional Challenges
Chapter 11- Combating Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking in Mexico: What are Mexican and U.S. Strategies? Are they working?
Chapter 12- U.S.-Mexico Security Collaboration: Intelligence Sharing and Law Enforcement Cooperation

Pillar IV of Beyond Merida: Addressing the Socio-Economic Causes of Drug Related Crime and Violence in Mexico

Diana Negroponte

The United States and Mexico: Forging a Strategic Partnership

Co-Chairs: Ambassador Andrés Rozental and Professor Peter H. Smith

U.S.-Mexico Border Control in a Changing Economic and Security Context

Peter Andreas

Los Estados Unidos y México: Construyendo Una Asociación Estratégica

Co-Chairs: Ambassador Andrés Rozental and Professor Peter H. Smithen español

Southwest Border Fact Sheet

Robert Donnelly and Miguel Salazar

U.S.-Mexico Policy Bulletin: June 2005

Nontraditional Security Threats in the U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Relationshp: Overview and Recommendations

Cuadernos Del ICESI

Mexico and the New Challenges of Hemispheric Security

Raul Benitez-Manaut

Security and Intelligence in U.S.-Mexico Relations

U.S.-Mexico Policy Bulletin; January 2005

Recent Commentary

Recent Commentary by Mexico Institute Staff on U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation
Eric L. Olson's review of Denise Dresser's "My country: Insights to Understand and Change Mexico"
Mexican Drug Cartels Less Cohesive More Violent.pdf
Beyond Merida: The Evolving Approach to Security Cooperation
Final Olson Remarks for House Forum on Violence and Firearms.pdf
Testimony of Eric L. Olson before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Narcotics Affairs.pdf
Eric L. Olson's Public Statement before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Narcotics Affairs.pdf
Steady Advances, Slow Results. U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation After Two Years of the Obama Administration.pdf
GAO Report Finds Merida Initiative Needs Better Performance Measures, Pace of Delivery Slow but Improving.pdf
Immigration and Security, Does the New Immigration Law Protect the People of Arizona.pdf
Shattered Dreams and Restoring Hope, Organized Crime and Violence on the U.S. - Mexico Border.pdf
Fact Sheet. U.S. Southwest Border Security Initiatives.pdf
2008-2010 Merida Initiative Funding Table.pdf
Strengthening U.S.-Mexico Cooperation Against Drug Trafficking, What Can State Attorneys General Do.pdf
Overview of the Merida Initiative.pdf

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