In sum, Mexican Drug Violence provides both a unique analysis of the Mexican case and offers an original threefold model for better understanding similar conflicts. Voeten’s analytical approach is highly useful in applying the same framework to other cases. The author’s additional sixth chapter on drug …

This essay claims that the declared war on drugs has failed, it has caused more harm than good, and that a new approach is necessary. The focus of analysis lays especially on the implemented drug policies of Mexico and the United States. The goal is to point out the flaws of the current policy based …

It seems today that the streets in Mexico are littered with bodies of journalists. Since the ruling president, Felipe Calderón, declared war on drug cartels in December 2006, more than 30 journalists have been murdered or have gone missing. The escalating violence and attacks on Mexican media are emerging …