Christopher Paul

Mexico Is Not Colombia: Seeking More Productive Analogies for Responding to the Challenge of Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations | Small Wars Journal
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 08:49
Note that we are not the first to make these recommendations. However, the fact that our empirical research echoes them is a strong endorsement indeed
Mexico Is Not Colombia: Alternative Historical Analogies for Responding to the Challenge of Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 07:31
In fact, Mexico is not particularly like any other historical case characterized by "warlordism," resource insurgency, ungoverned spaces, and organized crime.
The Challenge of Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 00:00
In an effort to clarify the scope and details of the challenges posed by VDTOs, a RAND team conducted a Delphi expert elicitation exercise, the results of which offer an assessment of the contemporary security situation in Mexico