Ein neues Zeitalter der gegenseitigen Abhängigkeit zwischen den USA und Mexiko

Writing at *Engelsberg Ideas*, Hoover Fellow [Joseph Ledford](https://www.hoover.org/profiles/joseph-ledford) examines the US-Mexican joint campaign to combat and dismantle drug cartels. Reviewing the history of bilateral security cooperation, Ledford shows that after a decline in such efforts during the first Trump term and the Biden administration, today, “the United States and Mexico wage a 21st-century battle against cartels.” Ledford explains that corruption in Mexico remains a challenge, as do sovereignty concerns. But as he concludes, “the United States and Mexico have entered a new age of security cooperation,” and the relationship between President Trump and his counterpart, President Claudia Sheinbaum, remains consequential for policy outcomes in both nations.