NORTHCOM http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/ en Trans-Border Institute Briefs NORTHCOM on Mexican Security Challenges http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/blog/trans-border-institute-briefs-northcom-on-mexican-security-challenges <span>Trans-Border Institute Briefs NORTHCOM on Mexican Security Challenges</span> <div class="field field--name-field-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> On Wednesday, January 9, TBI Director David Shirk provided a briefing to the U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) on recent developments in Mexican security. The briefing took place at NORTHCOM's facilities in Colorado Springs and included high-level analysts from the Department of Defense and other U.S. government agencies. The title of the briefing, "The Drug War in Mexico: U.S.-Mexico Security Challenges in 2013 and Beyond," provided an overview of the recent findings of the Justice in Mexico Project, sponsored by a generous three-year grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Specifically, the presentation included new data from the institute's forthcoming report on drug violence in Mexico, as well as a discussion of Mexico's changing security context under newly inaugurated President Enrique Peña Nieto. The presentation used for this briefing is available <a href="http://catcher.sandiego.edu/items/peacestudies/Shirk-Mexico%20Security-sm.pdf" target="_blank">in PDF form</a>.</p> </div> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Fri, 02/01/2013 - 5:08pm</span> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/blog/trans-border-institute-briefs-northcom-on-mexican-security-challenges" rel="tag" title="Trans-Border Institute Briefs NORTHCOM on Mexican Security Challenges" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Trans-Border Institute Briefs NORTHCOM on Mexican Security Challenges</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:08:46 +0000 Peter J. Munson 13749 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com