The Air Space and Power Journal publishes a Spanish edition (with English translations) that focuses on questions of non-state actors. This summer's edition is devoted to the issue of street gangs and national security in Latin America--a pertinent topic given Mexico's current criminal onslaught and the expansion of networked gangs such as MS-13 into North America (not to mention their current wreckage of Central America). Some authors (John P. Sullivan and Lainie Reisman) emphasize law enforcement and intelligence responses to gang infestation and critique the choice to focus on military solutions. Max G. Mainwaring takes a more despairing view that William S. Lind and Martin Van Creveld may share--the clash between gang and state is a titanic clash of civilizations. John M. Hagedorn has an interesting look at transnational gangs and globalization. All in all, it's a fascinating issue and I urge anyone with an interest in gangs and public security to check it out.
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