malcolm beith

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Sean Penn and Chapo

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Haven't blogged for ages. But Sean Penn's Chapo interview has given me a tiny bit of interest in doing so. So here goes, let's s...
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Thursday, February 13, 2014

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There's a lot of skepticism surrounding the alleged connections between drug trafficking and terrorism. Perhaps rightly so: shortly afte...
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

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It's been some time since I blogged, utmost apologies. Now that I've completed my Master's Degree, I'm going to start bloggi...
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Saturday, September 29, 2012

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It's been a while since I last blogged, my apologies to those who follow, I'm currently enrolled in a Master's degree course on ...
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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Chapo's son – or not

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Apologies for not posting for some time, I've been busy working on other projects. Just wanted to offer a quick opinion regarding the ar...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Close but no cigar

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Apologies, it's been a while since I last blogged. Been busy, studying up on counterinsurgency and how it might be applied to Mexico. Al...
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Enrique Pena Nieto and the three little books

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Mexican and international commentators are, unsurprisingly, having a field day over presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto's inabilit...
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I'm a 39-year-old freelance journalist/author, until recently based in Mexico City. I've written for Newsweek (with whom I was an editor from 2000 to 2007) Slate.com, Foreign Policy, Jane's Intelligence Weekly, FDI magazine, the Sunday Times, World Politics Review, Soldier of Fortune, The News (Mexico City), The Sun, Nogales International and the Haitian Times. I've written two books on Mexico's drug war, "The Last Narco," published September 2010, and "Hasta El Ultimo Dia," published in March 2012. I hold a Master's Degree in War Studies from the University of Glasgow. I have provided commentary on the drug war for CNN, NPR, the BBC, The New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, AOL News, CTV (Canada), Xinhua, El Universal and Reforma (Mexico) and several other publications and major news outlets. I can be reached for requests for commentary/talks on the Mexican drug war at mbeithpublic@gmail.com The photos and opinions on this site are my own, unless otherwise specified.
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