Opinion | The U.S.-Mexico Fentanyl Meltdown – Part I: The State of Noncooperation
The early March murder of two U.S. citizens and the kidnapping of two others in Matamoros and the spiraling confrontational...
Vanda Felbab-Brown
Opinion | Violence Against and Corruption in Law Enforcement: Recent U.S. cases
In this column and my writing on security issues in Mexico and other parts of the world, I have often...
Opinion | The Successes and Problems of Decapitation Strategies Around the World
Apart from human rights and civil liberties concerns, the recent decisions of the Mexican Congress to place the National Guard...
Opinion | The Foreign Policies of the Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG – Part V: Europe’s Supercoke & on- the-Horizon Issues and the Middle East
The bipolar competition between the two largest Mexican cartels – the Sinaloa Cartel and Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación - has...
Opinion | The Foreign Policies of the Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG – Part IV: Europe’s Cocaine & Meth Markets
The bipolar competition between the two largest Mexican cartels – the Sinaloa Cartel and Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) -...
Opinion | The Foreign Policies of the Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG – Part III: Africa
As the narco-blocades playing out in recent days across several Mexican states and key cities such as Tijuana, Guadalajara, and...
Opinion | The Foreign Policies of the Sinaloa Cartel & CJNG – Part II: The Asia-Pacific
The Sinaloa Cartel and Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) are in increasing competition around the globe. The older and innovative...
Opinion | The Foreign Policies of the Sinaloa Cartel & CJNG – Part I: In the Americas
The competition between the Sinaloa Cartel and Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) is playing out not only across Mexico, but...
Opinion | How Mexico’s Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación Rules
Large segments of Mexico’s people, territory, and economy are falling under the rule of Mexican criminal groups even in areas...
Opinion | How the Sinaloa Cartel rules
Large segments of Mexico’s people, territory, and economy are falling under the rule of Mexican criminal groups even in areas...
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