The virtual meeting this week between President Joe Biden and Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador replayed many of the same themes that have long cut through the binational relationship. There is much to be done, and Mexico will have to do the heavy lifting when it comes to almost every single item on the table. Continue Reading
Is Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a Trump fan, capable of the making the profound changes needed to build a new and different relationship with the U.S.? Continue Reading
Companies streaming wildly popular anime characters on YouTube and similar platforms are not an obvious front for geopolitical conflict. But a decision by a Japanese streaming company to suspend operations in China is the latest iteration in China’s war for influence over soft power cultural products from other countries. Even more surprising, it ended with a loss for China. Continue Reading
A close examination of the campaigns in TX-22 reveals that China has been an important issue in the minds of congressional candidates this year. Continue Reading
Renewed relations between China and Iran serve as a stark reminder to U.S. policymakers that aggression toward our adversaries may generate more problems than solutions. Continue Reading
While a U.S. ban on WeChat raises many problems, leaving the app in its present state allows China to wield undue power over American citizens. Continue Reading
The oil boom in the 1970s and early 1980s and the resulting social and economic crisis left policymakers with valuable lessons that, considering today’s conversation around the role of the oil industry in Mexico, should not be overlooked. Continue Reading