Mexico is not Colombia : : alternative historical analogies for responding to the challenge of violent drug-trafficking organizations, supporting case studies / / Christopher Paul, Colin P. Clarke, Chad C. Serena.

• VerfasserIn: Paul, Christopher, 1971-; Serena, Chad C.,; Clarke, Colin P.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Serena, Chad C.,; Clarke, Colin P.,; Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division,
• Place / Publishing House: Santa Monica, California : : RAND,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (250 pages)
• Notes: "Supporting case studies."

Despite the scope of the threat they pose to Mexico's security, violent drug-trafficking organizations are not well understood, and optimal strategies to combat them have not been identified. While there is no perfectly analogous case to Mexico's current security situation, historical case studies may offer lessons for policymakers as they cope with challenges related to violence and corruption in that country.

Table of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figure and Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Colombia (1994-2010); Conflict and Violence in Colombia; Explaining the Outbreak of Violence; The Illicit Economy, Crime, and Violence; State Failure and Weak Governance; What Was Done to Improve the Situation?; How Did It End Up?; Similarities and Differences Between Colombia and Mexico; Violence; Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence"; Traditional Threat/Insurgency; Ethnically Motivated Violence; Lack of Economic Opportunities; Weapon Availability

Competition over a Resource Ungoverned Spaces; State/Institutional Weakness; Patronage/Corruption; Lessons for Mexico; Chapter Two: Peru (1980-1992); Conflict and Violence in Peru; Peru's Informal Economy and the Coca Industry; Sendero Luminoso; Sendero's Violence; The State and Peruvian Forces in the 1980's; The Fujimori Government; What Was Done to Improve the Situation?; How Did It End Up?; Similarities and Differences Between Peru and Mexico; Violence; Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence"; Traditional Threat/Insurgency; Ethnically Motivated Violence; Lack of Economic Opportunities

Weapon Availability Competition over a Resource; Ungoverned Spaces; State/Institutional Weakness; Patronage/Corruption; Lessons for Mexico; Chapter Three: The Balkans (1991-2010); Conflict and Violence in the Balkans; The Role of the Serb Volunteer Guard ("Arkan's Tigers"); Explaining the Outbreak of Violence; Illicit Economy, Crime, and Violence; Smuggling and Trafficking; State Failure and Weak Governance; What Was Done to Improve the Situation?; How Did It End Up?; Similarities and Differences Between the Balkans and Mexico; Violence; Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence"

Traditional Threat/Insurgency Ethnically Motivated Violence; Lack of Economic Opportunities; Weapon Availability; Competition over a Resource; Ungoverned Spaces; State/Institutional Weakness; Patronage/Corruption; Lessons for Mexico; Chapter Four: West Africa (1990-2010); Conflict and Violence in West Africa; Revolutionary United Front; West Side Boys; Explaining the Outbreak of Violence; Illicit Economy, Crime, and Violence; Smuggling and Trafficking; State Failure and Weak Governance; What Was Done to Improve the Situation?; How Did It End Up?

Similarities and Differences Between West Africa and Mexico Violence; Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence"; Traditional Threat/Insurgency; Ethnically Motivated Violence; Lack of Economic Opportunities; Weapon Availability; Competition over a Resource; Ungoverned Spaces; State/Institutional Weakness; Patronage/Corruption; Lessons for Mexico; Chapter Five: The Caucasus (1990-2012); Conflict and Violence in the Caucasus; State Breakdown; Economic Failure; Replacing the State; Violence in the Caucasus; What Was Done to Improve the Situation?; How Did It End Up?

Similarities and Differences Between the Caucasus and Mexico