A New United States Strategy For Mexico

Abstract

The current U.S. strategy for Mexico is out of balance and requires major changes. Only our economic relationship under the North American Free Trade Agreement is working well. Our political and military initiatives have not met with success. United States efforts to deal with Mexico on drug interdiction, counter-insurgency, human rights, and democratic expansion have largely failed because of our lack of a focused and consistent strategy The main focus of the paper is on the insurgency in southern Mexico. The insurgency is also of great significance to the United States because Mexico is a pivotal state, which means that we must be able to work better together to safeguard and promote security, prosperity, and democratic ideals. The author argues that a resurgence of guerilla activity could destabilize Mexico through internal and external factors. Recommendations are made to revamp U.S. strategy for Mexico that cover political, military, and development initiatives.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 06, 1999
Accession Number
ADA363801

Entities

People

  • Joseph R. Nunez

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Hispanics
  • Insurgency
  • Latin America
  • Law Enforcement
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Political Systems
  • Social Welfare
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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