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Land of Opportunity? Policy, Constraints, and Energy Security in North America
(2014)This paper explores some of the issues that confront the full realization of the benefits of energy resource development in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, collectively. We discuss the potential to improve North ... -
Las Ciudades Fronterizas Mexicanas y los Flujos Migratorios
(2009)Este trabajo tiene como objetivo central presenter y analizar algunos de los principales retos sociales de las ciudades fronterizas, incluyendo un análisis de los distintos flujos migratorios que reciben. Primero se considera ... -
Latin America’s Recent Economic Turmoil
(2015)Trade and financial shocks have worsened Latin America’s economic prospects over the past year. World trade is experiencing stagnation and commodity prices have collapsed. The latter phenomenon and the turmoil in emerging ... -
Latino Issue Priorities and Political Behavior Across U.S. Contexts
(2013)To what extent and to which contexts is the issue of immigration salient to Latino voters and linked to their partisan attachments and voting behavior? In this study, we merge four surveys of Latino voter opinion collected ... -
Latinos, Public Opinion, and Immigration Reform
(2013)This paper discusses the Latino dimension of contemporary immigration policy debates, particularly how the American public views immigration reform options and immigrants themselves. It begins with an overview of public ... -
A Letter to the Incoming President
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Limits of the Jugaad Growth Model: No Workaround to Good Governance for India
(2012)Indian industry has gained fame in management circles for jugaad, or persevering despite limited resources. This skill has proven particularly important in overcoming inadequate public services. However, the economy appears ... -
Looming Conflicts? Energy Reform Priorities and the Human Right of Access to Water in Mexico
(2016)Constitutional reform of Mexico’s energy sector is targeted, in part, at facilitating access via unconventional recovery efforts to shale gas reserves in northeastern Mexico. The methods—namely hydraulic fracturing—require ... -
Managing Migration Flows
(2009)Migration flows from Mexico to the United States annually exceed the number of visas approved by the U.S. Department of State. Nearly all of the migrants that arrive without documentation leave Mexico due to economic ... -
Managing the U.S.-Mexico Border Problem
(2007-08-17)Although legislation for migration reform and an international guest worker program has been effectively tabled for the remainder of the Bush administration, work continues on projects to more effectively monitor the ... -
Managing the U.S.-Mexico Border: Human Security and Technology
(2009)This paper examines the current U.S.-Mexico border management system, analyzing the factors and actors that have shaped the discourse about the border and its physical and technological development. The paper points out ... -
Managing the U.S.-Mexico Border: Human Security and Technology
(2009)This paper examines the current U.S.-Mexico border management system, analyzing the factors and actors that have shaped the discourse about the border and its physical and technological development. The paper points out ... -
Marijuana Reform: Fears and Facts
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Measuring the Volume-Outcome Relation for Complex Hospital Surgery
(2016)Background: Prominent studies continue to measure the hospital volume-outcome relation using simple logistic or random-effects models. These regression models may not appropriately account for unobserved differences across ... -
The Medvedev Presidency: Russia's Direction and the Implications for Foreign Policy
(2009)Before the economic crisis of late 2008, Vladimir Putin’s political regime ensured the election of Dmitry Medvedev to the office of the presidency while Putin shifted to the role of prime minister—a move intended to solidify ... -
Mexican Border Cities and Migration Flows
(2009)The primary purpose of this work is to present and analyze some of the social challenges found in border cities, and to analyze various migration flows to these locations. First, we consider the social context of border ... -
Mexico is a Friend, Not an Enemy
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Mexico’s Energy Reform of 2014: When Will It Lead to Market Dynamics?
(2014)For decades, Mexico’s needs for electricity and petroleum products have been managed by the state in all phases, from the generation of power to the pricing of the kilowatt-hour and from the exploration and extraction of ... -
Mexico’s National Electoral Institute: Ensuring Fair Elections at the Local Level
(2014)On May 23, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto signed a series of bills to implement constitutional changes to the country’s political and electoral processes. The reforms bring some of the most dynamic shifts to Mexican ... -
Mexico’s Oil Reform: Looking for Metrics of Success
(2014)Mexico’s 2013–2014 energy reform promises to bring the country’s economic drivers and regulatory institutions in line with the global practices of free market democracies. If successful, this development would be a 180-degree ... -
The Middle East Cauldron and United States Policy
(2015)This report suggests the contours of a more comprehensive policy for the United States in the broader Middle East, one that pursues not only important tactical approaches to counter Islamic extremism and terrorism, but ...
