{"id":8062,"date":"2025-05-06T12:33:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T17:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/?p=8062"},"modified":"2025-05-06T12:33:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T17:33:55","slug":"what-true-security-looks-like-diplomacy-not-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/what-true-security-looks-like-diplomacy-not-deployment\/","title":{"rendered":"What True Security Looks Like: Diplomacy, Not Deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Statement from the Peace Economy Project on Trump\u2019s Proposal to Send U.S. Troops into Mexico<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The Peace Economy Project strongly condemns former President Donald Trump\u2019s recent confirmation that he proposed deploying U.S. military forces into Mexico to combat drug cartels\u2014an idea rejected by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. This suggestion represents a dangerous escalation of militarism, a violation of Mexican sovereignty, and a disturbing disregard for the lessons of history. The focus shoulld be on diplomacy, not deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trump confirms offering US troops to fight drug cartels in Mexico | REUTERS\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l0Ds6hsi8ss?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Sending U.S. troops into another sovereign nation not only risks igniting further violence but also undermines decades of diplomatic work between the United States and Latin America. Military intervention has never solved the complex root causes of drug trafficking, poverty, or corruption. Instead, it often leads to destabilization, civilian casualties, and long-term resentment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">At Peace Economy Project, we believe true security is built through cooperation, justice, and sustained investment in human needs\u2014not through force. Rather than pouring billions into endless war and militarized responses, we must redirect those resources toward addiction treatment, economic opportunity, education, and international partnerships that respect sovereignty and human dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">We stand with those in Mexico and the United States who reject this aggressive posture and call for policies rooted in peace, diplomacy, and community-based solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Media Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Katerina Canyon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Executive Director, Peace Economy Project<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/\" title=\"\">peaceeconomyproject.org<\/a> | (929) 224-2213<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As calls for military intervention at the U.S.-Mexico border escalate, it\u2019s vital to ask: What truly makes us safe? At Peace Economy Project, we believe real security comes from diplomacy, human dignity, and investments in thriving communities \u2014 not the deployment of troops across sovereign borders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[324,356,277,259,355],"class_list":["post-8062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-pep","tag-border-militarization","tag-diplomacy-over-force","tag-human-rights","tag-peace-economy","tag-u-s-mexico-relations"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pexels-photo-1901388.jpeg?fit=1880%2C1220&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8064,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8062\/revisions\/8064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}