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Record Nr.

UNISA996320216003316

Autore

Schaefer Agnes Gereben

Titolo

Security in Mexico [[electronic resource] ] : implications for U.S. policy options / / Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Benjamin Bahney, K. Jack Riley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, c2009

ISBN

1-282-28279-4

9786612282799

0-8330-4735-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (107 p.)

Collana

Rand Corporation monograph series Security in Mexico

Altri autori (Persone)

BahneyBenjamin

RileyKevin Jack <1964->

Disciplina

355.033072

355/.033072

Soggetti

National security - United States

Border security - United States

Internal security - Mexico

Drug traffic - Mexico

Drug control - International cooperation

Violence - Mexico

United States Foreign relations Mexico

Mexico Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; Need for This Study; Methodology; Organization of This Monograph; CHAPTER TWO: Assessment of the Current Security Situationin Mexico; Mexico's Security Structure; Security in Three U.S. Priority Areas; Increased Domestic Crime; CHAPTER THREE: The Mexican Government's Response; Recent Actions and Federal Responses; Organized Crime; Illegal Migration and Human Trafficking; Terrorism and Rebel Insurgencies; What Mexico Is Doing at the State and Local Levels

CHAPTER FOUR: Impact on the United States and the U.S. Government's ResponseImpact on the United States; Overview of U.S. Aid to Mexico;



The MeĢrida Initiative; Barriers to Monitoring the Effectiveness of Aid; CHAPTER FIVE: Conclusions and Recommendations; Potential Priorities for the New U.S. Administration; U.S. Policy Options for Improving Security in Mexico; Assessment of the Three Policy Options; Mexico's Reaction to the Three Policy Options; The Future of U.S.-Mexico Security Relations; References

Sommario/riassunto

The security situation in Mexico has deteriorated in recent years. To help inform debate on the future of U.S.-Mexico relations, this study examined a set of U.S. policy options and potential policy priorities that hold promise for Mexico's security.