Since Mexican President Felipe Calderón declared war on the drug cartels in December 2006, more than 35,000 Mexicans have died due to narco-violence. This monograph examines whether the various Mexican drug trafficking organizations are insurgents...
This paper argues that to counter border spillover violence, America must control the border with Mexico and generate the public and political commitment to do so. This study applies a military problem solving methodology to identify how best to...
Due to the parallels between Colombia and Afghanistan facing narcotic funded insurgencies, Colombia offers insights into Afghanistan's future. The monograph compares case studies of campaigns in Colombia and Afghanistan. These case studies locate...
The preponderance of literature and scholarly debate on counterinsurgency (COIN) focuses on the strategic or operational approach: leader-focused; large group-focused; special operations; conventional operations; enemy centric; and the latest,...
With the U.S. high domestic consumption of illicit drugs, a relationship has formed between transnational gangs and powerful Latin American drug cartels. The ineffectiveness of the war on drugs, along with the high cost of such a program, begs the...
Frawley Jr., Keith; Lindsey, Angelo; Williams, Marticia ; Martinez, Christopher
The military’s role in the War on Drugs has had a minimal impact on domestic drug flow and use while tying up resources and manpower needed by combatant commanders conducting operations in support of the Global War on Terror (GWOT). The military...
Thesis: The military’s role in the War on Drugs suffers from a flawed national security strategy that seven presidents have followed for over the past 40 years. Abstract:
The United States military’s role in the War on Drugs has had a negative...
This research discusses the high murder rate in Jamaica as a consequence of gang activity. It higlights the negative impact of gangs in regard to national security. The complexity of the gang problem is identified by describing the gangs'...
Thesis: Even though the military are providing troops to combat the War on Drugs, the traffic of
Illegal drugs are increasing internationally since the Global War on Terror started. The military has fought the “Drug War” for nearly 40 years....
The opium trade is a major funding source for the insurgency in Afghanistan. The Afghan counter-narcotics law enforcement agencies continue to target drug traffickers with counterdrug missions in order to break the funding source of the insurgents....