Council of Councils
Think Global Health
Online Store
Introduction
Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
162 Results for:
Filters
September 7, 2022
Mexico
Mexico’s Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the Cartels
Violence continues to rage more than a decade after the Mexican government launched a war against drug cartels.
June 25, 2009
Immigration and Migration
"The Real War in Mexico: How Democracy Can Defeat the Drug Cartels," Foreign Affairs, July/August 2009
President Obama has recognized that Mexico should be a high priority for his administration. In the issue of Foreign Affairs that hit the newsstands today I argue that U.S. and Mexican interests will…
January 13, 2009
United States
Why is the United States backing Mexican drug gangs?
I wrote the following piece on the U.S. role in Mexico’s security challenges for foreignpolicy.com. President Calderón is fighting America’s third war, and America’s backing his enemies. By Shannon…
July 12, 2018
Israel
The Sad Fate of the Socialist International
Once upon a time, the Socialist International was an extraordinary organization. Founded in 1951 as a successor to various prior socialist groups, it was staunchly democratic and anti-Communist, and …
October 23, 2019
Americas
AMLO’s ‘Hugs Not Bullets’ Is Failing Mexico
The president's softer approach to criminal gangs just suffered a serious setback in Sinaloa.
