AMERICA’S COMING VACCINE GLUT: WHO SHOULD GET IT FIRST?
The coronavirus didn’t stop at international boundaries—and neither should the vaccine, writes Michael Camuñez.
A CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONSE TO MULTILATERAL ENGAGEMENT WITH PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES
The Biden administration should strongly consider designating a Special Envoy for the Pacific Island Countries to provide continuity and consistency to the emerging multilateral framework, write C. Steven McGann and Michael Walsh.
DIPLOMACY WITH IRAN: OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS FOR THE UAE
As tensions with Iran are expected to ease under the Biden administration, the United Arab Emirates’ economic ties and legacy relations position it to potentially play a pivotal role in Gulf outreach to Tehran, writes Banafsheh Keynoush.
THE UNITED STATES AND LATIN AMERICA: Good Neighbors At Last?
In Latin America, while the Trump administration whistled against the winds of global change, the Biden team needs to see that the days of dictating policy there are over, writes Abraham Lowenthal.
U.S.-MEXICO TRADE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR BILATERAL CONFLICT
Mexico’s new Electricity Law appears to contravene provisions of several Mexican trade agreements, including the USMCA, opening the door to bilateral conflict, writes the Monarch Global Strategies team.
THE HUMAN COST OF SANCTIONS
In order to halt the loss of innocent life in Iran, it is time for the United States to take a dramatic step: remove sanctions and bring Iran to the negotiating table, writes Ida Ghohestani.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP, BUSINESS, AND ECONOMIC REFORM IN NORTH KOREA
Pacific Council member Jongsoo Lee interviews Geoffrey See, founder of Choson Exchange.
MEXICO’S TRANSFORMATION—OR LACK THEREOF
More than 25 years after NAFTA was enacted, Mexico has improved in innumerable aspects, but its essential challenges—poverty, regional inequality, a bad justice system, wholesale violence and criminality, and an incompetent government—remain there as always, writes Luis Rubio.
AN UPDATE ON U.S.-MEXICO RELATIONS AND MEXICO’S ECONOMY AND SECURITY
The approval of a new national security law in Mexico promises to disrupt security cooperation between Mexico and the United States, writes the Monarch Global Strategies team.
MEXICAN CONSUL GENERAL IN LA MARCELA CELORIO ON THE U.S.-MEXICO RELATIONSHIP IN 2021
Pacific Council member Cassie Hermiston-Boyd interviews Mexican Consul General in LA Marcela Celorio about the future of the U.S.-Mexico trade relationship.
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