Sullivan and Elkus on Narco-Insurgency
Over at SWJ Blog.
Cartel v. Cartel: Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency
All Against All
The government’s strategy, essentially a ‘war of attrition’ is failing. The result of heavy-handed military action is the increasing ‘fractilization’ of the conflict, higher levels of violence, and increasing discontent by the general public and elites. Though the war has largely vanished from the mainstream American press after last summer’s panic over the prospect of Mexico as a ‘failed state,’ the violence continues and risks of cross-border spillover remain.
A good piece.
I am still sticking with my thought experiment on Mexico, which is looking increasingly plausible.
