Mexico's Search for a New Military Identity

摘要

The election of Vicente Fox Quesada as president of Mexico has dramatically changed the political reality of his country and the region. Before the election of 2000, Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) was in effect the Mexican political system for more than seven decades. Just as the end of the Cold War required a thoroughgoing reassessment of U.S. national security strategy, the stunning defeat of the ruling party will significantly alter the way Mexico faces the future. These changes may well reshape both the country's security partnership with the United States and the role of Mexico in the Southern region.