U.S.-Mexico Futures Initiative

The U.S.-Mexico Futures Initiative reflects the strategic importance of the bilateral relationship between the United States and Mexico

Our premise is that the relationship needs a sustained, high-level, shared vision for where we need to go and how we should plan to get there. The U.S.-Mexico Futures Initiative conducts forward-leaning research aimed at helping to shape the agenda of the bilateral relationship.

The Initiative focuses on key components of the U.S.-Mexico bilateral relationship, including the renegotiation of NAFTA, border security, and immigration.

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How Innovative Is Mexico?

Mexico is well behind other industri­alized countries when it comes to innovation. CSIS expert Richard Miles examines this phenomenon and offers recommendations based on a recent conference by CSIS in partnership with the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations.

Report by Richard Miles — February 8, 2019

How Can Mexico Become More Innovative?

Although Mexico has a growing innovation sector and pockets of start-up companies around the country, there is still a large gap compared to the rest of the industrialized world. 

Event — October 23, 2018

Trump’s Border Policy: Separation Anxiety

Ultimately, a successful policy for our southwest border will need to confront the roots of the migration from Mexico and the Northern Triangle rather than merely seek to address only the symptoms of the problem.

Critical Questions by Linnea Sandin, Sarah Baumunk, and Richard Miles — June 21, 2018

Reinventing Mexico

Without a “sound economy” that generates more value south of the U.S. border, Mexico and the United States will remain wary neighbors at best.

Commentary by Richard Miles — April 23, 2018

Russia Has Few Interests in Mexico

Apart from simply sowing confusion, it is not immediately obvious what the Russian’s fake news endgame in Mexico might be.

Commentary by Richard Miles — February 26, 2018

At Last, Team Trump Has a Western Hemisphere Policy

The Tillerson version of the Trump administration policy is engaging the region with essentially the same core principles as previous administrations, both Republican and Democrat.

Commentary by Richard Miles — February 9, 2018

Avoid an American “Brexit” with NAFTA

The United States, Mexico, and Canada are in the midst of renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which came into force in 1994.

Commentary by Earl Anthony Wayne, Christopher Metzger, and Richard Miles — December 20, 2017