Cartel Next: How Army Design Methodology Offers Holistic and Dissimilar Approaches to the Mexican Drug Problem

Abstract

With narcotics related corruption and violence escalating to levels that potentially jeopardize Mexican national stability, Washington leadership may consider whether the military instrument of national power can work in some direct or indirect fashion to improve Mexican sovereignty with regard to violent drug cartels. 2 Are cartels equivalent with terrorists, and should American foreign policy look at recent events in Mexico with the same security concerns that Washington views acknowledged terrorist and insurgent organizations elsewhere in the world today?3

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 2011
Accession Number
ADA546329

Entities

People

  • Ben Zweibelson

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Army Training
  • Complex Systems
  • Drug Abuse
  • Economic Systems
  • Foreign Policy
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • Lepidoptera
  • Military Organizations
  • New York
  • Societies
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design