Thursday, May 14, 2026 @ 6:00 PM, Albuquerque Country Club, 601 Laguna Blvd. SW

The Program: Policing on Drugs: The United States, Mexico, and the Origins of the Modern Drug War, 1969-2000.

In Policing on Drugs, Aileen Teague uncovers the political battles, cross‑border tensions, and unintended consequences that forged today’s modern drug war. Join us for an ending talk based on her recent book, which exposes how U.S. and Mexican decisions over three decades set the stage for one of the most enduring security challenges of our time.

Presenter: Aileen Teague is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Affairs at Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government and Public Service. A U.S. diplomatic historian, specializing in U.S.–Latin American relations, Mexico, and the drug trade, she previously served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. Currently, Teague is a Fellow with both the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at Texas A&M. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran (2006–2014) and a dual citizen of Panama and the United States, she is the author of Policing on Drugs: The United States, Mexico, and the Origins of the Modern Drug War, 1969–2000 (Oxford University Press, 2025). Her second book project, Undoing Intervention: The Canal, the Panamanians, and the Transfer, 1979–2000, explores the political and diplomatic dynamics surrounding the return of the Panama Canal following the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties.

Thursday, May 14, 2026 – 6:00 PM
Albuquerque Country Club, 601 Laguna SW