In geopolitics, few words generate as much consensus in appearance and as much friction in practice as the word “cooperation.” When in January 2025 President Donald Trump signed the executive order that reclassified the main Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations, both Washington and Mexico City declared their commitment to shared security. However, what each government understood for that turned out to be radically different. That gap, far …
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In geopolitics, few words generate as much consensus in appearance and as much friction in practice as the word “cooperation.” When in January 2025 President Donald Trump signed the executive order that reclassified the main Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations, both Washington and Mexico City declared their commitment to shared security. However, what each government understood for that turned out to be radically different. That gap, far …