Vanda Felbab-Brown

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Narco Noir

By Vanda Felbab-Brown

2020

Mexican federal police officers look over the current border fence, while U.S. border patrol authorities (not pictured) visit the site where several prototypes for U.S. President Donald Trump's border wall with Mexico have been built, in this picture taken from the Mexican side of the border, in Tijuana, Mexico, October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes - RC1DEABF0E80

Fight cross-border crime with collaboration, not threats

Earl Anthony “Tony” Wayne, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Rafael Fernandez de Castro, and Cecilia Farfan-Mendez

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

DATE IMPORTED:April 05, 2019U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with U.S. Border Patrol Agents and local law enforcement officers and sheriffs as he visits the U.S.-Mexico border in Calexico, California, U.S., April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Tariffs won’t solve U.S.-Mexico drug crime

Earl Anthony “Tony” Wayne, Cecilia Farfan-Mendez, Vanda Felbab-Brown, and Rafael Fernandez de Castro

Monday, April 29, 2019

DATE IMPORTED: July 11, 2018 U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Ella Olejnik looks at the paperwork on a package before inspecting the substance inside at the International Mail Facility at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 29, 2017. Picture taken November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Lott

The U.S. opioid epidemic and lessons for the world

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

U.S.-Mexican security cooperation: The opportunities and challenges ahead

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

A U.S. Border and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official stands next a concrete K-rail with concertina wire at Cordova-Americas bridge to enhance security efforts in preparation for increasing number of migrants arriving at the border, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico February 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez - RC1F2181F4D0

US-Mexico security cooperation 2018-2024

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

DATE IMPORTED: February 06, 2019 Soldiers attached to the 101st Resolute Support Sustainment Brigade, Iowa National Guard and 10th Mountain, 2-14 Infantry Battalion, load onto a Chinook helicopter to head out on a mission in Afghanistan, January 15, 2019. 1st Lt. Verniccia Ford/U.S. Army/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Up for debate: US Afghanistan policy

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

DATE IMPORTED: March 06, 2019 Police officers patrol a street after a blockade set by members of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel to repel security forces during an anti-fuel theft operation in Santa Rosa de Lima, in Guanajuato state, Mexico, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

AMLO’s security policy: Creative ideas, tough reality

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2019

DATE IMPORTED: March 15, 2019. Soldiers keep watch near a crime scene where the bodies were left by unknown assailants, on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Mexico’s out-of-control criminal market

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2019

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador looks on before a speech marking the first 100 days of his presidency at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido - RC183BA26AA0

The ills and cures of Mexico’s democracy

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2019