U.S.-Mexico Policy Coordination: An Assessment of the Twenty-First Century Border Policy Coordination Effort
Abstract
There is some concern in the United States with the ability of the Mexican government to address policy priorities, especially in the face of rising drug violence. Mutually beneficial topics such as border infrastructure, information sharing, and law enforcement coordination have not been effectively coordinated at the national levels of both governments leading to significant inefficiency on issues related to the border. In 2010, the United States and Mexico establisheda bi-national policy coordination process to address topics beyond security and law enforcement. The United States Twenty-First Century Border coordination process, a parallel and supporting effort to the Obama Administrations Beyond Mrida effort, is the primary national-level effort to improve United States border policy coordination with Mexico. This paper assesses the effectiveness of the Twenty-First Century Border policy coordination process to determine if thebureaucratic structures, work identified, and work accomplished to date holds potential to increase the governance capability of the Government of Mexico. The paper concludes the Twenty-First Century Border effort will improve the governance capability of the Mexican federal government through increased and effective bi-national coordination, but more must be done.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 28, 2011
- Accession Number
- AD1082627
Entities
People
- S. P. Regan
Organizations
- Naval War College