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US-Mexico Relations: Structuring Alternative Futures

Tony Payan, Abelardo Rodríguez Sumano, and Richard J. Kilroy, Jr., editors
US-Mexico Relations: Structuring Alternative Futures
ISBN: 978-1-962551-29-8
$120.00
ISBN: 978-1-962551-31-1
$38.50
Forthcoming November 2024/460 pages
"A fascinating volume.... Fills a notable gap in bringing the study of the US-Mexico relationship up to date." —Andrew Selee, Migration Policy Institute

DESCRIPTION

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.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tony Payan is Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Center for the United States and Mexico (CUSMX) at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. Abelardo Rodríguez Sumano is professor of international studies at Universidad Iberoamericana. Richard J. Kilroy, Jr., is a nonresident scholar at CUSMX.

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.