Approaching US-Mexico Shortcomings in Combating Illegal Drugs: The Role of Externalities, Uncertainty, and Sovereignty Dilemmas

• In Event: Regional Politics & Trade

Brief Overview

A conceptual overview of how some key IR ideas, particularly cross-border externalities, help us understand recent and long-time struggles in efforts by the United States and Mexico to forestall illegal drug traffic across their shared border.

Author

• Alexander J. Pijanowski, Purdue University