Threats and Challenges for Mexican Security

Content Page Introduction 2 1. Conventional threats to security 5-Conventional armed aggression: Not an immediate threat 7-Unresolved border disputes and proliferation of WMD: Continuous surveillance 9-Modernizing the defense policy: Concepts, instruments and resources 9-White Paper on Defense: Discussing and assessing national defense 11-Key implications for Mexican defense 12 2. Non-traditional threats to security 13-Terrorism: No so distant threat 13-Information Technology: Also a tool for destruction and chaos 14-Drug trafficking: The most serious immediate threat 14-Organized crime and falsified goods: Confronting transnational networks 16-Asset laundering: The need for more cooperation 17-Corruption, citizen insecurity and human rights violations: Perverse interrelations 18-Transport networks and critical infrastructure: preventing infiltration and destruction 21 3. Challenges for Mexican security 23-Poverty and the fragility of democratic governance: Feeding instability 23-Open borders: Controlling frontiers in a globalized world 24-Health, HIV/AIDS and other epidemic diseases: More funds and coordination 25-Natural disasters and environmental degradation: prevent and respond 25-Energy security: Preparing the future 26