Opinion | The Travails of the US-Mexico High-Level Security Dialogue
On October 7 and 8, a cabinet-level delegation of U.S. officials met with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his...
Vanda Felbab-Brown
Opinion | Criminal Violence, Politics & State Capture in Michoacán
The military offensive of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) in the Tierra Caliente in mid-September is only the latest...
Opinion | 9-11 & the US-Mexico Border: New Challenges 20 Years Later
With its preponderant effect on U.S. foreign and domestic policy, the 9-11 attack by al Qaeda against The World Trade...
Opinion | A Hotspot Anti-Crime Strategy in Mexico?
In July, Mexican government officials started floating the possibility of adopting an anti-crime strategy focused on the country’s 50 most...
Opinion | US-Mexico Security Collaboration Won’t Be Easily Resurrected
Earlier this week, Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard declared the Merida Initiative, the $3 billion U.S.-Mexico security cooperation framework in...
Opinion | The Profound Issues at Stake in Mexico’s Midterms
On June 6, the Mexican people will vote in the country’s midterm elections. Midterms frequently draw less attention than voting...
Opinion | Restore US-Mexico seafood trade & save the vaquita
By Vanda Felbab-Brown and Alejandro Castillo Lopez The vaquita marina, the world’s smallest porpoise, is in crisis. It is dying...
Opinion | Will Cannabis Legalization Reduce Crime in Mexico — Has It in the U.S.?
Soon, Mexico will likely become the world’s third country to legalize all aspects of cannabis production and all types of...
Pot and Water Theft & Environmental Harms in the US & Mexico
The government of Mexico is on the verge of legalizing cannabis for industrial, medical, and recreational purposes, legislation that would...
Opinion | Mexico’s Cannabis Legalization & Comparisons with Colombia, Lebanon, & Canada
On March 10, 2021, Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies legalized production of cannabis for industrial, medical, and recreational purposes. The law...
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