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June/November 2006
| Author: | Pamela K. Starr |
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Council Special Report No. 17
Council Special Report
The contentious July 2006 Mexican presidential election has placed Mexico squarely back on the U.S. foreign policy agenda. This report offers concrete policy recommendations to the U.S. government on how to help Mexico deal with its future challenges. This report is also available in Spanish.
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April 22, 2008
Essential Documents
Speech
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April 17, 2008
| Author: | David G. Victor, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Science and Technology |
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Op-Ed
Newsweek
In this Newsweek article, David Victor writes that a large fraction of the world's oil patch is struggling with the same problem that bedevils Mexican President Felipe Calderon: how to make state-owned oil companies—which control about three quarters of the world's oil reserve—more effective at finding and producing oil. With oil output increasing only sluggishly, and demand still strong, oil prices are set to stay high for some time.
December 12, 2007
Podcast
Elizabeth Kempshall, head of the Drug Enforcement Administration in Arizona, discusses her office's cooperation with Mexican law enforcement to fight drug trafficking.
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November 7, 2007
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Daily Analysis
The Mexican government’s strong response to one of the worst natural disasters in its history stands in marked contrast to historic trends.
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November 6, 2007
Shannon O'Neil, Fellow for Latin America Studies interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Shannon O’Neil, CFR’s Mexico expert, says Washington’s $1.4 billion multiyear plan to bolster Mexico’s crackdown on drug and criminal rings, while drawing criticism, is likely to win congressional approval.
See more in United States, Defense/Homeland Security, Border and Ports, Immigration, Migration, U.S. Strategy and Politics, Congress, Foreign Aid
November 1, 2007
| Authors: | Maureen Meyer Dave Bewley-Taylor |
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Must Read
This document provides an overview of current and past drug policies implemented by Mexican government. It also analyzes the trends in the increased reliance on the Mexican armed forces in counter-drug activities and the role that the U.S. government has played in shaping Mexico's counter-drug efforts.
Maureen Meyer, with contributions from Coletta Youngers and Dave Bewley-Taylor
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November 1, 2007
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Daily Analysis
U.S. immigration reform has become a rogue political issue, inflaming passions from local town boards to the presidential campaign trail.
See more in Americas, North America, United States, Defense/Homeland Security, Border and Ports, Elections, Immigration, U.S. Election 2008
Updated: October 30, 2007
Online Debate
Armand Peschard-Sverdrup, senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Jorge Chabat, professor at Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) in Mexico City, debate what an ideal security cooperation agreement would look like between the United States and Mexico.
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October 25, 2007
| Author: | Government Accountability Office |
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Must Read
A Testimony Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs House of Representatives on the high flow of illicit drugs into the United States.
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October 25, 2007
| Author: | Government Accountability Office |
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Must Read
The GAO's recent report discusses the illicit drug threat posed by Mexican drug production and trafficking to the United States since 2000 and U.S. agencies' programs to support Mexico's counternarcotics efforts since fiscal year 2000.
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Campaign 2008 (5/5): It would be a travesty if Obama’s campaign gets knocked off course because of his former preacher, writes Sebastian Mallaby in the Washington Post.
Iraq War (5/3): Max Boot argues that the increase in casualties could be a sign that tough combat is under way that will lead to the enemy’s defeat, in the Wall Street Journal.
U.S. Economy (5/2): Amity Shlaes criticizes Hillary Clinton’s plan to implement a windfall oil tax, on Bloomberg.com.
Food Crisis (5/1): Gene Sperling warns that one of the casualties of the food crisis will be the schooling of the world’s poorest children, on Bloomberg.com.
Three-Front War (4/30): Michael Gerson argues that a decent outcome in Iraq would be considerably devalued if counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan stall, in the Washington Post.
Climate change poses threats to national security in a number of ways. In this report, sponsored by the Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Joshua W. Busby offers specific recommendations for confronting this important issue, including a list of "no-regrets" policies.
This report, by International Affairs Fellow Michelle D. Gavin and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe and proposes steps that can increase the likelihood that regime change, when it comes, will bring constructive reform instead of conflict and state collapse.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
In The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the sharia—the law of the traditional Islamic state—in the modern Muslim world.
In Regional Monetary Integration, Peter B. Kenen poses an important question: Should various country groups follow the lead of the European Monetary Union and form similar full-fledged monetary unions?
Walter Russell Mead recounts the story of the centuries-long rivalry between the English- speaking peoples and their enemies in God and Gold.
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Fellow for Latin America Studies
Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies
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