What are the implications of a recent ruling by Mexico’s Supreme Court for the telecommunications sector and for other nontelecommunications markets? Does this ruling endanger the attractiveness of the Mexican markets, and could it curb foreign investment in the country by making it appear that the telecommunications market is not subject to regulations intended to limit monopolistic behavior? Continue Reading
On July 27, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a $790 billion dollar national security funding bill for FY2018. The bill is known as the “Make America Secure Appropriations Act” and passed with a vote of 235-192. The… Continue Reading
On Monday night, the U.S. intervention in Afghanistan – now approaching its 16th anniversary – became Donald Trump’s war. In his first prime-time address to the nation, the president committed the United States to a sustained and, indeed, enhanced military… Continue Reading
President Trump’s comparison of Mexico to Egypt, and possibly to the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, adopts a securitized view of the United States’ own region—and could be perceived as framing Mexico as a hostile, uncooperative nation. Continue Reading
In short, the fall of Mosul and the ongoing demise of the ISIS pseudo-state are good news. But they do not herald either an end to the jihadist terrorist threat nor promise an enduring solution to the ongoing conflicts that have afflicted Iraq and, especially, Syria. Continue Reading
Is Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro about to pull off the biggest heist in the country’s democratic history? He appears to be a month away from stealing all remnants of what was once one of Latin America’s most stable democracies. On… Continue Reading
Mexico is gradually laying the foundation for an oil and gas sector where private—along with some state-owned—international companies are taking central stage; however, authorities should not ignore the necessity of developing a domestic oil and gas sector, which means promoting the participation of a larger number of domestic companies by crafting specific policies to that end. Continue Reading