Mexico

Order from Chaos

AMLO’s feeble response to COVID-19 in Mexico

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, March 30, 2020

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) shakes hands with Mexico's President Felipe Calderon (C) as U.S. President Barack Obama looks on during a trilateral meeting at the North American Leaders' Summit in Guadalajara August 10, 2009. Leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada gather on Monday to present a united front to try to limit the spread of the H1N1 swine flu, but there is less unity on simmering trade issues. REUTERS/Chris Wattie (MEXICO POLITICS)

Order from Chaos

Lessons learned from Felipe Calderón’s swift response to H1N1 in 2009

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 27, 2020

The last inmates of the Topo Chico prison, which will be converted into a public park, are transferred to a new prison in Apodaca, during a closing ceremony in Monterrey, Mexico, September 30, 2019. Picture taken September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

Order from Chaos

Should Mexico revive the idea of amnesty for criminals?

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, March 2, 2020

Soldiers stand outside a safe house, where five people were shot dead during an operation on Friday to recapture the world's top drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, at Jiquilpan Boulevard in Los Mochis, in Sinaloa state, Mexico, January 9, 2016. Mexico's government aims to fulfill a request from the United States to extradite the newly-recaptured drug lord Guzman to face drug trafficking charges, sources familiar with the situation said on Saturday. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Order from Chaos

Mexico needs better law enforcement, but the solution isn’t opportunistic decapitation

Vanda Felbab-Brown

February 14, 2020

Reports

Mexico

A new administration confronts a changing world: Mexico’s economic competitiveness strategy at a geopolitical inflection point

Christopher Wilson

May 2019

A U.S. Border and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official stands next a concrete K-rail with concertina wire at Cordova-Americas bridge to enhance security efforts in preparation for increasing number of migrants arriving at the border, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico February 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez - RC1F2181F4D0

Mexico

US-Mexico security cooperation 2018-2024

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

DATE IMPORTED: March 06, 2019 Police officers patrol a street after a blockade set by members of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel to repel security forces during an anti-fuel theft operation in Santa Rosa de Lima, in Guanajuato state, Mexico, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Mexico

AMLO’s security policy: Creative ideas, tough reality

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2019

DATE IMPORTED: March 15, 2019. Soldiers keep watch near a crime scene where the bodies were left by unknown assailants, on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Mexico

Mexico’s out-of-control criminal market

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2019

Mexico

The ills and cures of Mexico’s democracy

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2019

Blog Posts

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador addresses supporters after receiving the staff of command from indigenous people during the AMLO Fest at Zocalo square in Mexico City, Mexico December 1, 2018. Picture taken December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Order from Chaos

AMLO reverses positive trends in Mexico’s energy industry

Samantha Gross

Friday, December 20, 2019

The burnt wreckage of a bus is seen a day after cartel gunmen clashed with federal forces, resulting in the release of Ovidio Guzman from detention, the son of drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, in Culiacan, in Sinaloa state, Mexico October 18, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer - RC1F249503D0

Order from Chaos

There are no short cuts in resolving Mexico’s spiraling violence

Arturo Sarukhan

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador takes part in a "unity" rally to defend the dignity of Mexico and talk about the trade negotiations with the U.S., in Tijuana, Mexico June 8, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes - RC11253BD980

Order from Chaos

Mexico is a prop in President Trump’s political narrative

Arturo Sarukhan

Thursday, June 20, 2019

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Under-Rewarded Efforts: The Elusive Quest for Prosperity in Mexico

By Santiago Levy

2018

Unexpected Outcomes

Edited by Carol Wise, Leslie Elliott Armijo, and Saori N. Katada

2015

The End of Nostalgia

Edited by Diana Villiers Negroponte

2013

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Experts

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A production line employee works at the AMES Companies factory in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Global Trade

Sen. Pat Toomey on why the USMCA falls short

Pat Toomey and David Dollar

Friday, December 20, 2019

A truck is seen before crossing the borderline into Mexico at the World Trade Bridge, in Laredo, Texas U.S.

Global Trade

What’s at stake in the US-Mexico tariff dispute?

Geoffrey Gertz

Thursday, June 6, 2019

The U.S. Mexico border is shown with Juarez, Mexico on left and pom the right El Paso, Texas, U.S. June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC1F8EC9C000

Podcast Episode

Ernesto Zedillo on globalization, NAFTA and the wall

David Dollar and Ernesto Zedillo

Monday, March 18, 2019

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Reports

AMLO’s first year: Mexico’s political, economic, and security trends

U.S.-Mexican security cooperation: The opportunities and challenges ahead

Trade and borders: A reset for U.S.-Mexico relations in the Trump era?

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence