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Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Research Paper

Let There Be Light in Mexico! Analysis of the Strategic Human Resources Training Program for the Energy Industry

This paper critiques the Mexican government's efforts to train the country's workers for jobs created by energy reforms.

Miriam Grunstein July 5, 2016

Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Research Paper

Violence as an Epidemic: Examining Organized Crime-related Homicides in the U.S.-Mexico Border From a Public Health Perspective

Using a public health approach to study drug-related murders on the U.S.-Mexico border, the authors conclude the region is experiencing a "violence epidemic."

Fernando Chinchilla, Tony Payan September 3, 2015

US flag drapes around Middle East regional map

Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Research Paper

Boko Haram: Whose Islamic State?

Boko Haram may be reaching its bitter end in Nigeria as the the country's military, with the support of Niger, Cameroon, and Chad, plans a massive ground invasion of the insurgents’ long-controlled safe zone, the Sambisa Forest. Outgoing Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has refused the offer of the United Nations to send troops, expressing confidence in the regional Multinational Joint Task Force's (MNJTF) ability to rout Boko Haram before the May 29 handover to the new president. However, Boko Haram remains deadly as long as sharia is the precondition for political and economic gains to the Muslim north.

Michael Nwankpa May 1, 2015