Planet War

From the bloody civil wars in Africa to the rag-tag insurgiences in Southeast Asia, 33 conflicts are raging around the world today, and it’s often innocent civilians who suffer the most.

BY KAYVAN FARZANEH, ANDREW SWIFT, PETER WILLIAMS | FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Church and Narcostate

Mexico is at war with violence drug cartels that will stop at nothing to keep their dark trade going. Why is it taking so long for some Catholic clergy to speak out?

BY RODERIC AI CAMP | AUGUST 13, 2009

Letters: Mexico’s State of Affairs

Arturo Surakhan, Mexico's ambassador to the United States, thinks Sam Quinones's dire assessment of Mexico is dangerously misleading.

APRIL 15, 2009

City Hall Fights Back

Mayor José Reyes Ferriz is putting his life on the line to save Ciudad Juárez from drug traffickers.

BY MONICA MAGGIONI | MARCH 23, 2009

This Week at War, No. 8

What the four-stars are reading -- a weekly column from Small Wars Journal.

BY ROBERT HADDICK | FEBRUARY 27, 2009

The Narco State Next Door?

Mexico is fast becoming the central battleground in the war on drugs, but few in the United States seem to notice the worsening violence and corruption across the border.

INTERVIEW BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | OCTOBER 30, 2008

What They're Reading: Mexico's Love of the Local

Think books are dead? Take a trip to Mexico City, where a market for fiction, self-help, and political works is thriving. FP recently spoke with Mexico-based publishing executive Cristóbal Pera to find out why.

INTERVIEW BY KATE PALMER | APRIL 10, 2008

How Not to Build a Fence

The United States may soon fortify its border with Mexico. But what about the fence that is already there? A close look at the disjointed, makeshift barrier reveals America's ambivalent and conflicted attitudes toward immigration.

BY PETER SKERRY | AUGUST 8, 2006

Early Warnings

BY SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON | MARCH 1, 2004

The Hispanic Challenge

The persistent inflow of Hispanic immigrants threatens to divide the United States into two peoples, two cultures, and two languages. Unlike past immigrant groups, Mexicans and other Latinos have not assimilated into mainstream U.S. culture, forming instead their own political and linguistic enclaves -- from Los Angeles to Miami -- and rejecting the Anglo-Protestant values that built the American dream. The United States ignores this challenge at its peril.

BY SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON | MARCH 1, 2004

Migration's New Payoff

Every day, migrants working in rich countries send money to their families in the developing world. It's just a few hundred dollars here, a few hundred dollars there. But last year, these remittances added up to $80 billion, outstripping foreign aid and ranking as one of the biggest sources of foreign exchange for poor countries. Following a boom in the 1990s, this flow of money is lifting entire countries out of poverty, creating new financial channels, and reshaping international politics.

BY DEVESH KAPUR, JOHN MCHALE | NOVEMBER 1, 2003

Happily Ever NAFTA?

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has sparked fierce academic and political disputes -- not to mention an armed rebellion or two. Looking back on its nearly nine years of existence, has NAFTA delivered or disappointed? The answer will go a long way toward determining the future of regional trade pacts. U.S. critics clash with Mexico's original NAFTA architects on whether free trade in North America is a blessing or a curse.

BY SARAH ANDERSON, JOHN CAVANAGH | SEPTEMBER 1, 2002

The Making of El Presidente

BY DENISE DRESSER | JANUARY 1, 2002

Hispanic American Concerns

The U.S. government needs a well-informed, sensi­tive, politically sustainable policy toward Lat­in America and a carefully considered immigration reform.

BY BILL RICHARDSON | OCTOBER 16, 1985