The challenge of violent drug-trafficking organizations : an assessment of Mexican security based on existing RAND research on urban unrest, insurgency, and defense-sector reform / / Christopher Paul, Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Colin P. Clarke.

• Author: United States. Dept. of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.; Paul, Christopher, 1971-
• TeilnehmendeR: Schaefer, Agnes Gereben.; Clarke, Colin P.; United States. Dept. of Defense.; National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
• Année de publication: 2011
• Édition: 1st ed.
• Langue: English
• Collection: Rand Corporation monograph series The challenge of violent drug-trafficking organizations
• Description matérielle: 1 online resource (109 p.)
• Notes: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."; "Rand National Defense Research Institute."; "This research was conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface.

A RAND team conducted a Delphi expert elicitation exercise, the results of which offer an assessment of the contemporary security situation in Mexico through the lens of existing RAND research on urban instability and unrest, historical insurgencies, and defense-sector reform. Assessment scorecards...