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Professor Emeritus George Grayson Publishes New Book, "The Cartels"
George W. Grayson, Professor Emeritus, at the College of 91心頭利, has just written . This book, the third Grayson has written on Mexico’s criminal organization, was published on Nov. 30, 2013. Congratulations, George!
Among the issues that the study addresses are:
- How successful was former President Felipe Calderón (2006-2012) in pursuing the “Kingpin Strategy” that emphasized the arrest and/or killing of drug capos?
- Is there really a “New” Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) as Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto proclaims?
- Has Peña Nieto succeeded in changing the national dialogue to away from narco-violence?
- Has the PRI government devised a new strategy for combating organized crime?
- What is the status of the vaunted Gendarmería Nacional—based on the French model?
- Did violence decrease during his first year in office, as Mexico’s chief executive asserts?
- Is Michoacán a “failed state” within the nation?
- How have Mexico’s governors impeded their country’s move for democracy?
- Will a pending “judicial reform”—moving to U.S.-style adversary proceedings—be implemented?
- How have members of the business community and some Roman Catholic leaders aided and abetted Mexico’s narco-syndicates?
- What are the strengths and weaknesses of the country’s major cartels?
- If a miracle occurred and narco-trafficking ceased, would Mexicans find themselves more secure?
- Are touted social programs such as the “Crusade against Hunger” designed to uplift Mexico’s “have nots” or artifices to increase the number of PRI members of Congress in 2015—as a move toward retaining the governing party’s control of the presidency in 2018?
- Can the left block the pending reform of the oil sector?
- How much can the United States influence Mexico’s security policy?