KENDALA KERJASAMA MERIDA INITIATIVE DALAM PENANGANAN PENYELUNDUPAN SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS (PERIODE 2008-2012)

Abstract

Transnational crime is an important issue because the threat impacts take
place across the borders of two or more countries. Armed violence by the
Mexican Drugs Trafficking Organization is increasingly threatening the security
of Mexico, due to the access of weapons smuggled from United States. The
Merida Initiative was signed in 2008 with the aim of adressing the threat of
transnational organized crime. But in 2007-2012, the number of smuggling of
weapons continues to increase. This research then aims to analyze the constraints
on Merida Initiative implementation in combating the smuggling of small arms
and light weapons. This research uses the neoliberalism paradigm in
understanding the inhibiting factors of the success of a cooperation, thus
explaining the cause of the increased number of smuggling weapons after Merida
Initiative was signed. The results showed that the inhibiting factor in combating
the smuggling of small arms and light weapons is the absence of mutuality of
interest. The absence of mutuality of interest is explained by the responses that are
given not in accordance of what was expected from other country. The absence of
mutuality of interest results in a tendency for a state to prioritize the national
interest above the common interest.