International Drug Policy

Mexico and Latin America

Books

• Three U.S.-Mexico Border Wars — Drugs, Immigration, and Homeland Security, 2nd Edition, by Tony Payan, Ph.D., Baker Institute Mexico Center (Praeger 2017)
• Mexico's Illicit Drug Networks and the State Reaction, by Nathan P. Jones, Ph.D. (Georgetown University Press 2016)
• A War That Can’t Be Won, edited by Tony Payan, Ph.D. (Baker Institute Mexico Center), Kathleen Staudt and Z. Anthony Kruszewski (University of Arizona Press 2013)

Events and Videos

• Drug Policy Reform in the Americas (April 20, 2015)  
• Vecinos Lecture Series -- Mexico's Drug Violence and the Role of the United States: A Conversation With Poet Javier Sicilia (Aug. 27, 2012)
• Baker Institute Viewpoints — Kingpin Strategies (October 2012)
• National Security Threats at Our Southwest Border, featuring Rep. Michael McCaul (Feb. 21, 2012)
• Baker Institute Viewpoints — Violence (October 2012)

Research and Policy Papers

• The Evolution of Cartels in Mexico, 1980-2015, by Tony Payan, Ph.D. (May 11, 2016)
• The Extortion Cycle in Mexico, by Gary J. Hale, (Nov. 4, 2016)
• Vigilantism in Mexico: A New Phase in Mexico’s Security Crisis, by Gary J. Hale, (April 18, 2014)
• Violence in Tijuana, by Nathan P. Jones, Ph.D. (Sept. 17, 2013)
• Understanding and Addressing Youth in “Gangs” In Mexico, by Nathan P. Jones, Ph.D. (Aug. 1, 2013)
• No Half-Measures: Mexico’s Quixotic Policy on California’s Proposition 19, by Nathan P. Jones, Ph.D. (Oct. 1, 2013)
• Baker Institute Policy Report 55 — Cartels, Corruption, and Carnage In the Calderon Era, by William Martin, Ph.D. (Jan. 14, 2013)
• The Unintended Consequences of Kingpin Strategies: Kidnap Rates and the Arellano-Felix Organization, by Nathan P. Jones, Ph.D. (Jan. 28, 2013)
• Mexico’s Government Begins to Retake Northeastern Mexico, by Gary J. Hale (Dec. 09, 2011)
• A “Failed State” In Mexico: Tamaulipas Declares Itself Ungovernable, by Gary J. Hale (July 27, 2011)
• Drugs, Democracy, and the Andean Crisis, by Gina Amatangelo, Washington Office on Latin America (April 10, 2002)

Op-eds, Blogs and Online Publications

• El Chapo” Arrest & Texas Drug Trade, by Gary J. Hale, Tony Payan, Ph.D., Nathan P. Jones, Ph.D. (Jan. 29, 2016)
• El Chapo” Captured (Again), by Gary J. Hale, Tony Payan, Ph.D., Nathan P. Jones, Ph.D. (Jan. 9, 2016)
• Security Risks for Multinationals, by Gary J. Hale (Aug. 24, 2015)
• Mexico reacts to a humiliating escape, by Nathan P. Jones, Ph.D. (July 14,2015)
• Marijuana's legalization can crimp power of Mexican cartels, by Nathan P. Jones, Ph.D. (March 3,2014)
• No Half-Measures: Mexico’s Quixotic Policy on California’s Proposition 19, Nathan P. Jones, Ph.D. (Oct. 1, 2013)
• Mexico Drug Policy and Security Review 2012, by Nathan P. Jones, Ph.D. (Jan 11, 2013)
• Monopoly of Force Does Not Always Explain Peace: Illicit Network Evolution Does, by Nathan P. Jones, Ph.D. (Aug. 29, 2012)
• Tijuana Cartel Survives, Despite Decade-Long Onslaught, by Nathan P. Jones, Ph.D. (June 20, 2012)
• Mexico Is a Friend, Not an Enemy, by Gary J. Hale (Feb. 16, 2012)

Europe, Canada and Asia

Events and Videos

• Travel As a Political Act, With a European Take on America’s War on Marijuana, featuring Rick Steves (March 8, 2012)
• The War on Drugs Has Failed. Is Legalization the Answer? — International Alternatives and Insights (March 9, 2012)
• The War on Drugs Has Failed. Is Legalization the Answer? — Closing Plenary, featuring The Honorable Larry Campbell (March 9, 2012)

Research Papers

• Drug Policy in the Shadow of the Elephant (Includes June 2003 Update), by Eugene Oscapella (April 10, 2002)
• The Swiss Drug Policy, by Francois van der Linde (April 10, 2002)

Op-eds, Blogs and Online Publications

• The Philippines’ War on Drugs, by Katharine A. Neill (Oct. 25, 2016)