Carin Zissis as Invited Author on U.S.-Mexico Foundation's Monthly Report
Carin Zissis as Invited Author on U.S.-Mexico Foundation's Monthly Report
"Candidates are pitching proposals on challenges that don’t just benefit from but require bilateral solutions," says ASCOA Online Editor-in-Chief.
Invited Author
By the time the next edition of the Bilateral X-ray comes out, Mexican voters will have chosen their future president. All but a handful of U.S. states will have held their primaries. And, of course, by then the Mexican candidates will also have participated in their third and final presidential debate—one in which U.S.-Mexico ties should feature prominently, given that the forum will cover security, migration, and foreign policy. But already, whether in debates or during campaign events, whether the topic is the green energy transition or preparing for the 2026 USMCA review, candidates are pitching proposals on challenges that don’t just benefit from but require bilateral solutions. As readers of this newsletter know, U.S. and Mexican presidential elections coincide once every 12 years. Consider the profound changes affecting North America and the world since the last time this occurred. Tackling what faces us in the next 12 years and beyond requires the kind of analysis collected and analyzed here by the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness and the U.S. Mexico Foundation. Read in and get ready for what comes next.
—Carin Zissis, Editor-in-Chief, AS/COA Online, Americas Society/Council of the Americas.
