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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.
Re-Examining the Al Qa’ida Threat to the United States
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 07:36
Seth Jones testifies in front of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade to discuss which al-Qaeda affiliate groups are a threat to the United States and what actions can be taken to curb those and other threats.
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