1st Edition

Geopolitical Landscapes of Donald Trump International Politics and Institutional Characteristics of Mexico-Guatemala Relations

Edited By Carlos Heredia-Zubieta Copyright 2023
228 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

228 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

228 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Geopolitical Landscapes of Donald Trump examines the role that local actors in Mexico, Central America and the United States have played in shaping the Mexico-Guatemala transborder region. From governments to business and organized crime, scholars from both Mexico and the United States introduce a sophisticated approach beyond diplomatic communiqués to tell the story of how Mexico became the... Read more

Introduction

Carlos Heredia-Zubieta

Part 1: International Politics: The Role of the United States in the Region

1. The Policies of the Trump administration toward Mexico and their Impact on Central America

Carlos Heredia-Zubieta

2. The Influence of the United States on the Mexico-Central America Transborder Region

Joy Lee Olson

3. The new Sentiments of the Nation, the Mexico-U.S. Relations, and their Effect on the Mexico-Guatemala Transborder Region

Regina Martínez-Casas and Rafael Elías López-Arellano

Part 2: Institutional Policies in the Mexico-Guatemala Transborder Region

4. The Mexico-Guatemala Institutional Relationship: Many Mechanisms, Few Results

Nuty Cárdenas Alaminos, Mariana Jiménez Canet and Elizabeth Magallón Ibarra

5. The Mexico-Guatemala Binational Commission: The Impact of Power, Trust and institutional Capacity on its Functioning

Mariana Jiménez-Canet and Jorge Schiavon

6. Mexico-Guatemala Trade: Challenges and Opportunities to Improve the Bilateral Relationship

Luz María de la Mora-Sánchez

Biography

Carlos Heredia-Zubieta has been Associate Professor of International Studies at the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), Mexico, since 2009. In 2020, he was appointed Global Fellow by the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He brings with him three decades of experience interacting with Mexican and Central American migrant workers in their home countries and in the United States.

"Heredia’s book is well versed on how the United States externalized its southern border to the Mexico-Guatemala boundary. With an engaging narrative from firsthand experience, it urges cooperative solutions to common challenges"

Úrsula Roldán, Professor, Rafael Landívar University, Guatemala City

"A resourceful book with a critical insight: the disastrous legacy of the Trump years must be reversed. It makes a compelling case: immigration policies in the Central America – North America corridor must be based on democratic norms and institutions"

Jorge Durand, Professor, University of Guadalajara; co-founder, Mexican Migration Project, Princeton University