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2008 HEADLINE SERIES
Headline Series 331
MEXICO’S STRUGGLE WITH ‘DRUGS
AND THUGS’
by George W. Grayson
This Headline Series on U.S. and Mexican efforts
to curb drug trafficking examines the history of
drug trafficking in Mexico and analyzes the laws
and policies on drugs in both the United States
and Mexico. Mexico’s Struggle with ‘Drugs and
Thugs’ provides an overview of the major Mexican
drug cartels, discusses current U.S.-Mexico
bilateral cooperation on drug issues, and evaluates
prospects for impeding the flow of illegal
substances from Mexico into the United States.
George W. Grayson is the Class of 1938 Professor
of Government at the College of William
and Mary. He is also a senior fellow at the
Center for Strategic and International Studies
in Washington, D.C., and an associate scholar
at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in
Philadelphia. The Penn State University Press
recently published his book Mexican Messiah, a
biography of Andres Manual Lopez Obrador. A
populist candidate for President, Lopez Obrador
lost the 2006 election but continues to barnstorm
Mexico as the self-declared “legitimate
President.”
Headline Series 332
AFRICAN SOLUTIONS TO AFRICAN PROBLEMS
By Robert Nolan
As African governments seek to curb political
conflicts, integrate their growing economies,
and usher in a new era of democratic leadership,
most leaders agree that the African Union
has a critical role to play on the continent.
From peacekeeping missions in Sudan and
Somalia to regional trade deals with Europe and
the United States, Africa’s leaders increasingly
stress the need for “African solutions to African
problems.” Can the African Union serve as an
incubator for such solutions? Is a United States
of Africa on the horizon?
Robert Nolan is editorial producer of the Great
Decisions Television Series and online editor of
the Foreign Policy Association. A former Peace
Corps volunteer in Zimbabwe, his work on African
issues has appeared in the Christian Science
Monitor, the Village Voice, AllAfrica.com, and the
anthology Africa Par Adventure.
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