DTIC ADA555128: Rethinking Merida’s Priorities: The Time pdf

DTIC ADA555128: Rethinking Merida’s Priorities: The Time

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This paper examines the problem of U.S. congressional funding priorities for Beyond Merida legislation and finds that inadequate resourcing of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) programs impedes U.S. and Mexican efforts to disrupt transnational drug cartel operations in the near term. The author uses a Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) methodology to compare the efficacy of current State Department (DOS) initiatives against possible alternatives administered by DHS. The author draws conclusions that to better disrupt the operations of transnational drug cartels, the U.S. Congress should appropriate to the DHS funding that was previously identified to support the Merida Initiative. The paper recommends that Congress enact a Department of Homeland Security Authorization bill in perpetuity and advocate for Mexican inclusion into the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD

• Creator/s: Defense Technical Information Center
• Date: 10/28/2011
• Year: 2011
• Book Topics/Themes: DTIC Archive, , NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT, *DRUG SMUGGLING, *FEDERAL BUDGETS, *FOREIGN AID, *HOMELAND SECURITY, *INVESTMENTS, *LEGISLATION, *MEXICO, BORDER SECURITY, CONGRESS, COOPERATION, COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, CRIMES, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, DRUG INTERDICTION, GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN), HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN), POLICE

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