Future Of Us Mexico Relations

The editors of this collection of sixteen articles argue the relationship between the United States and Mexico is at its most tenuous in recent memory. Each article explores the future of US-Mexico relations, focusing on relevant topics such as trade, water, drugs, health, immigration, environmental issues and security. Employing a strategic foresight methodology, the authors use past trends and identify pivotal drivers to predict, based on indicators, at least three possible outcomes for the next few decades: a baseline or continuity scenario, an optimistic version and a pessimistic one. They also articulate the implications each forecast has for both nations. Most chapters are co-written by a scholar from the United States and another from Mexico. While acknowledging it is impossible to predict the future, they nonetheless describe what could occur. Ultimately, the authors of the articles in this fascinating volume make recommendations to achieve a peaceful, integrated and prosperous North America that will drive the world economy. The book is required reading for anyone interested in the binational relationship and the well-being of citizens in both countries.

The future of U.S.-Mexico relations : hearing before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, second session, May 20, 2014.

The Bilateral Commission on the Future of United States-Mexican Relations is a group of private citizens who have been working over the last two years to reassess long-term patterns of change and continuity and to make recommendations for private leaders and public authorities in both countries. This report offers an insight into the issues and challenges facing this commission, as well as their recommendations. The report is organized around five of the most important issues that will face the two countries through the rest of this century and for each, the fundamental trends are identified and realistic opportunities for bilateral cooperation are assessed. Contents: include: The Nature of the Relationship; Economics: Debt, Trade, and Investment; The Process of Migration; The Problem of Drugs; Foreign Policy and Inter-State Relations; and Education for New Understanding.

Five freshly decapitated human heads are thrown onto a crowded dance floor in western Mexico. A Mexican drug cartel dismembers the body of a rival and then stitches his face onto a soccer ball. These are the sorts of grisly tales that dominate the media, infiltrate movies and TV shows, and ultimately shape Americans' perception of Mexico as a dangerous and scary place, overrun by brutal drug lords. Without a doubt, the drug war is real. In the last six years, over 60,000 people have been murdered in narco-related crimes. But, there is far more to Mexico's story than this gruesome narrative would suggest. While thugs have been grabbing the headlines, Mexico has undergone an unprecedented and under-publicized political, economic, and social transformation. In her groundbreaking book, Two Nations Indivisible, Shannon K. O'Neil argues that the United States is making a grave mistake by focusing on the politics of antagonism toward Mexico. Rather, we should wake up to the revolution of prosperity now unfolding there. The news that isn't being reported is that, over the last decade, Mexico has become a real democracy, providing its citizens a greater voice and opportunities to succeed on their own side of the border. Armed with higher levels of education, upwardly-mobile men and women have been working their way out of poverty, building the largest, most stable middle class in Mexico's history. This is the Mexico Americans need to get to know. Now more than ever, the two countries are indivisible. It is past time for the U.S. to forge a new relationship with its southern neighbor. Because in no uncertain terms, our future depends on it.

"A fascinating volume.... Fills a notable gap in bringing the study of the US-Mexico relationship up to date." --Andrew Selee, Migration Policy Institute Few would disagree that the nature of current relations between Mexico and the United States embodies both promising opportunities and reasons for alarm. The contributors to this timely book draw on the strategic-foresight methodology to explore those relations in the context of the two countries' respective political regimes, their asymmetrical role on the world stage, and the relationships between their societies and economies. CONTENTS: Change and Continuity in US-Mexico Relations: Strategic Foresight--the Editors. TRADE AGREEMENTS AND ECONOMIC POLICY. Mexico's Perspective on the USMCA Trade Agreement--A. Santa Cruz. Forecasting Trade Relations Between the United States and Mexico--H.J.M. Smith. Mexico's Economic Policy with the US--J.I. Rodríguez-Sánchez. REGIONAL MIGRATION. Strategic Foresight for Immigration: The Road Ahead for the United States--P.L. Cruz. Socio-economic Integration of Migrants: US-Mexico Bilateral Cooperation--K.A. Valenzuela Moreno et al. CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY. The Impact of Climate Change: The US Perspective--M.B. Saada. The Impact of Climate Change: The Mexican Perspective--I. Cruz. The US-Mexico Energy Policy Dispute--I. Morales. NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY. Strategic Foresight for US National Security Policy Toward Mexico --C.A. Deare. Mexico's Foreign Policy Toward the United States: Old and New Visions--J.A. Schiavon and R. Velázquez Flores. The Impact of a Feminist US Foreign Policy on US-Mexico Relations--M.H. Marchand et al. Human Rights, Gender, and a Feminist Mexican Foreign Policy--E.L. Tadeo Hernández and E. Ayala Galí. Mexico's Organized Crime Strategy and Its Impact on US-Mexico Relations--T. Martínez Sánchez. THE REGIONAL AND GLOBAL CONTEXT. Bordering on Disorder: Lessons from the US-Canada Relationship--T. Hataley. International Organizations in the Americas: The Roles of Mexico and the United States--R.J. Kilroy, Jr. Mexico-US-China Relations: Possible Future Outcomes--P. Magaña-Huerta. It Takes Three to Tango: Mexico, Russia, and the United States--M.C. Rosas. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. The Future of Democracy and Governability in Mexico--E. Gutiérrez Márquez. Still Distant Neighbors: Prospects for US-Mexico Academic Relations--C.I. Moreno and M. Sigala. Going Forward: Improving US-Mexico Relations in the Next Decade--the Editors. APPENDIXES. History of Framework Foresight and Futures Analysis--P.C. Bishop. "So Far from God..." and So Close the Future: The History of Futures Studies in Mexico--G. Baena Paz.