About this episode
As President Trump pushes to unwind one proxy war—with Russia in Ukraine—he’s ramping up another in this hemisphere: ordering the Pentagon to ready battle plans against Latin American drug cartels. On our panel, Cato scholars weigh the odds of a Putin deal and the risk of replaying past drug war disasters. Justin Logan, “Trump Shouldn’t Settle for European Spending Pledges,” Foreign Policy , July 25, 2025 Brandan P. Buck, “Invading Mexico Will Not Solve the Cartel Problem,” The American Conservative , December 17, 2024 Ian Vasquez, “ Deregulation in Argentina: Milei Takes “Deep Chainsaw” to Bureaucracy and Red Tape ,” Free Society (Spring 2025) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.