THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COVID-19 CONTROL ACTIONS AT THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER
As the United States catches up with internal vaccination goals, continued aggressive production and distribution by the United States of vaccines throughout the Western Hemisphere is the next logical public health action, writes Samuel Stratton.
AT THE BORDER WITH THE PATRON SAINT OF TRANSMUTATION
The Biden administration is navigating a field of political landmines when it comes to migration at the U.S.-Mexico border, writes Sam Slovick.
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.
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.
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.
CONTRASTS: U.S. AND MEXICAN PRESIDENCIES
Unlike the recent U.S. election, in which institutions adhered to the rules of the game, in Mexico there are no institutions that can resist the pounding and not enough officials who are willing to make them stand, writes Luis Rubio.
BIDEN’S ELECTION SIGNALS GREATER PREDICTABILITY IN U.S.-MEXICO RELATIONS
While the U.S.-Mexico bilateral relationship will again operate through institutions rather than being driven by the force of individual personalities under a Biden presidency, there are apt to be new points of contention in the relationship, writes the Monarch Global Strategies team.
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