Mexico

Immigration

The Wall: The real costs of a barrier between the United States and Mexico

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Semi trucks headed for Windsor, Ontario, exit onto the lane towards the Ambassador bridge in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook - RTS148ZY

Brookings Now

NAFTA renegotiation: Separating fact from fiction

Amanda Waldron

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Trucks wait in a long queue for border customs control to cross into the U.S. at the Otay border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes - RTX2ZF8Q

Up Front

When renegotiating NAFTA, Trump should re-evaluate his premises on international trade

Dany Bahar

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Immigration

Immigration by the numbers

Elaine Kamarck, John Hudak, and Christine Stenglein

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Reports

Students in the Mexican state of Chihuahua

Development Financing

Impact bonds in Mexico: Opportunities and challenges

Christine Zülow, José Luis Chicoma, and Emily Gustafsson-Wright

Monday, August 14, 2017

Employees fix the boxes to pack avocados in the Global Fruit Packing Company in Uruapan, in Michoacan state, Mexico, January 31, 2017. Picture taken January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso - RTX2ZE4E

Canada

Renegotiating NAFTA: Options for investment protection

Geoffrey Gertz

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Mexico

U.S.-Mexican relations

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Courts & Law

Cuidado: The inescapable necessity of better law enforcement in Mexico

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Afghanistan

The dubious joys of standing up militias and building partner capacity: Lessons from Afghanistan and Mexico for prosecuting security policy through proxies

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Blog Posts

A California Gulf porpoise, also known as a vaquita, monument (R) is seen in San Felipe in Mexico's state of Baja California March 7, 2008, The vaquita, a tiny stubby-nosed porpoise found only in Mexico's Sea of Cortez, is on the brink of extinction as more die each year in fishing nets than are being born, biologists say. Picture taken March 7, 2008. REUTERS/Henry Romero(MEXICO) - RTR1YHEB

Order from Chaos

The vanishing vaquita and the challenges of combating wildlife trafficking

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, June 5, 2017

The Mexican and U.S. flags hang from the Langevin Block in advance of Wednesday's North American Leaders' Summit as a cyclist passes by in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Chris Wattie - RTX2IK28

Order from Chaos

Renegotiating the U.S.-Mexico relationship in 2017

Ashley Miller

Thursday, June 1, 2017

A soldier carries blocks of cocaine to a pile for incineration at a naval base in Matamoros, in Tamaulipas state April 29. Mexican authorities today burnt a 9,871kg haul of Colombian cocaine which was found inside a tanker truck heading for the United states last week. They also incinerated 3,891kg of marijuana. The near ten ton haul represents almost a third of Mexico's average annual cocaine seizures. - RTXHK4Z

Order from Chaos

Hooked: Mexico’s violence and U.S. demand for drugs

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

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Experts

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Multimedia

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Mexico

On Trump’s trade executive orders

Dany Bahar

Friday, March 31, 2017

Mexico

U.S.-Mexico relations: Beyond “America first” rhetoric

Dany Bahar, Vanda Felbab-Brown, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

The border fence between Mexico and the United States is pictured near Calexico, California, U.S. February 8, 2017. Picture taken February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RTX30D00

Unpacked

President Trump’s border wall

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

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Mexico

The Wall: The real costs of a barrier between the United States and Mexico

NAFTA renegotiation: Separating fact from fiction

When renegotiating NAFTA, Trump should re-evaluate his premises on international trade

Immigration by the numbers

Reports

Impact bonds in Mexico: Opportunities and challenges

Renegotiating NAFTA: Options for investment protection

U.S.-Mexican relations

Cuidado: The inescapable necessity of better law enforcement in Mexico

The dubious joys of standing up militias and building partner capacity: Lessons from Afghanistan and Mexico for prosecuting security policy through proxies

Blog Posts

The vanishing vaquita and the challenges of combating wildlife trafficking

Renegotiating the U.S.-Mexico relationship in 2017

Hooked: Mexico’s violence and U.S. demand for drugs

Events

Trade, security, and the U.S.-Mexico relationship

A conversation with Agustín Carstens, governor of the Bank of Mexico

Opportunities and challenges for social impact bonds in Mexico

Related Books

Unexpected Outcomes

The End of Nostalgia

Canada Among Nations, 2011-2012: Canada and Mexico’s Unfinished Agenda

Experts

Vanda Felbab-Brown

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

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Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Latin America Initiative

Multimedia

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