This project critically examined the U.S.-Mexico relationship, applying strategic foresight methods to identify the variables that will likely impact the future health of the binational relationship, project the possible outcomes of the relationship under the current political climate, and examine the broader challenges that the U.S. and Mexico will face in the coming decades. The project also proposed optimal scenarios and policy recommendations to share with policymakers in the United States and Mexico.
The edited volume "The Future of US-Mexico Relations: Strategic Foresight" is the culmination of this major research effort. 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 and an optimistic and a pessimitic one. Each chapter explores the future of the U.S.-Mexico relation focusing on relevant topics such as trade, immigration, the environment, drugs, health, security, among others. Most chapters are co-written by scholars from the United States and Mexico. |
Throughout the 2020 fall semester, the project partners hosted a series of webinars to present the edited volume and showcase the issues and authors.
Webinar/Registration |
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The Future of US-Mexico Relations: Politics and Diplomacy |
Mon., September 14, 2020 1:30 p.m. |
Center for the United States and Mexico, Rice University's Baker Institute |
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Tue., October 6, 2020 4:00 p.m. |
Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center, Southern Methodist University |
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Fri., October 16, 2020 10:00 a.m. |
Center for US and Mexican Law, University of Houston Law Center |
El Futuro de la Relación Bilateral México-Estados Unidos: Prospectiva Estratégica" |
Thu., November 5, 2020 5:00 p.m. |
Facultad de Derecho y Criminología, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
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United States-Mexico: Trade and Economic Integration
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Wed., November 11, 2020 6:00 pm
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Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Tecnológico de Monterrey |
U.S.-Mexico Cooperation: National Security, Public Safety and Defense |
Wed., November 18, 2020 12:30 pm |
Departamento de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad Iberoamericana |
The Mexico Center team and some of the authors at a workshop at the University of Houston Law Center on Feb. 26, 2018. |
The authors and the issues focused on are:
Ana Covarrubias, El Colegio de México
Peter Smith, University of California, San Diego
Nathan J. Jones, Sam Houston State University
Samuel González Ruiz, Centro de Estudios de Política Criminal y Ciencias Penales, A.C.
Abelardo Rodríguez Sumano, Universidad Iberoamericana
Richard Kilroy, Coastal Carolina University
Stephen Mumme, Colorado State University
Irasema Coronado, University of Texas at El Paso
Edmundo Molina Pérez, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Antonio Ortiz Mena, Albright Stonebridge Group
Karla Valenzuela, Universidad Iberoamerica
Lindsay Lowell, Georgetown University
Jason Ackleson, Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University
Guadalupe Correa Cabrera, George Mason University
Jesús Cañas, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Raúl Alberto Ponce Rodríguez, Universidad Autonóma de Ciudad Juárez
Isidro Morales Moreno, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Pilar Rodríguez, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Gina Warren, University of Houston
Alfonso López de la Osa Escribano, University of Houston Law Center
Eva Moya, University of Texas at El Paso
Silvia Chavez-Baray, Univeristy of Texas at El Paso
Peter Hotez, Baylor College of Medicine
Jesús Guillermo Velasco, Tarleton State University
Joy Langston, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
Daniel Tichenor, University of Oregon
Tony Payan, Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University
Jorge Schiavon Uriegas, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
Lucas McMillan, Lander University
Michael Cox, Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business
Richard Alm, Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business