Comparative Analysis of the United States’ War on Drugs Policy in Mexico and Colombia: Failure and Success Factors

Authors

  • Renitha Dwi Hapsari Department of International Relations, UPN “Veteran” Jawa Timur
  • Hendrina Nur Alifia Ramadhanti Department of International Relations, UPN “Veteran” Jawa Timur
  • Karenina Mutiara Putri Department of International Relations, UPN “Veteran” Jawa Timur

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33005/wimaya.v2i01.49

Keywords:

War on Drugs, drug smuggling, United States, Columbia, Mexico

Abstract

Drug smuggling activities in the United States carried out by drug cartels from Mexico and Colombia contribute to the region's instabilities. Many threats and terrorist acts that accompanied the distribution of illegal drugs left civilians in fear. The War on Drugs policy promoted by the United States, which aims to apprehend drug cartels, causes severe losses in the long run. Colombia is the only successful case. On the other hand, Mexico offers a different story despite both are countries with unstable political and weak law enforcement. The paper conducts a comparative study on Colombia and Mexico to evaluate the factors that contribute to the success and failure behind the implementation of the War on Drugs policy. The paper concludes that an aggressive approach (i.e., military) is less efficient in combatting drug smuggling activities than the developmental approach (i.e., socio-economic development)

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Author Biographies

Renitha Dwi Hapsari, Department of International Relations, UPN “Veteran” Jawa Timur

The author is an Assistant Professor at the UPN “Veteran” Jawa Timur

Hendrina Nur Alifia Ramadhanti, Department of International Relations, UPN “Veteran” Jawa Timur

The author is an undergraduate student at the UPN “Veteran” Jawa Timur

Karenina Mutiara Putri, Department of International Relations, UPN “Veteran” Jawa Timur

The author is an undergraduate student at the UPN “Veteran” Jawa Timur

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Published

2023-10-02

How to Cite

Hapsari, R. D., Ramadhanti, H. N. A., & Putri, K. M. (2023). Comparative Analysis of the United States’ War on Drugs Policy in Mexico and Colombia: Failure and Success Factors. WIMAYA, 2(01), 39–50. https://doi.org/10.33005/wimaya.v2i01.49

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