President Barack Obama is visiting Mexico. Not surprisingly, drug trafficking will be at the center of the agenda as the violence fueled by American weapons threatens to cross the border into American territory. Presidents Obama and Calderón will have to work out the details of how a strong state can help a weak one to curb violence along the long US-Mexico border. Hopefully, Obama and Calderón will present potential solutions beyond stopping the illegal smuggling of arms to Mexico and reducing corruption in Mexican law enforcement agencies. Otherwise, the results of the meeting will be as boring as usual.
