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Greetings!

The Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego is privileged with the unique opportunity to engage in research on Mexico and the binational relationship from our front-row seats here on the border. We have a number of exciting events coming up that highlight the importance of our binational region as well as San Diego's unique relationship with Mexico.

On Feb. 18, we will cohost a half-day symposium with the Center for American Progress in Tijuana to examine Mexico's competitiveness as the Pacific region becomes a global focal point for trade and investment. Then, on March 11, a global trade and investment plan for the entire San Diego region will be unveiled at San Diego's Global Summit, where Brookings Institution's Bruce Katz will give the keynote address. And on April 10, we will host our second Frontera Friday, where we will learn about the binational watershed that San Diego and Tijuana share.

Through these events, we are focusing on the local, binational relationship and working to build a fact base that defines our region's challenges and opportunities. I hope you can join us and participate in these vital conversations.

Un abrazo,

MelissaFloca


Melissa Floca
USMEX Associate Director


Looking West:
The Emergence of the Pacific Rim

The United States and Mexico: Going Forward
 
Feb. 18, 2015, 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. PT

Tijuana World Trade Center
Paseo del Parque 18025
Zona Rio Terecera Etapa
Tijuana, BC M�xico



The emergence of the Pacific Rim is tied to the globalization of the Western Hemisphere. Mexico has played a critical role bridging gaps between developed and developing countries in forums like the G20 and the U.N. climate talks; Mexico, Chile and Peru sit alongside the United States in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations. As the Pacific Basin becomes a global focal point for trade and investment, these countries will find themselves increasingly aligned with the United States as East-West geopolitics begins to trump North-South geopolitics. 

As we approach this sea change, it will be important to understand what the future holds for the economies of the U.S. and Mexico, and how it will affect ties along the Pacific Basin. The Center for American Progress, in partnership with the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego's School of International Relations and Pacific Studies will host a panel and keynote address in Tijuana to discuss the implications of the TPP and the convergence of the U.S. and Mexico. 

This high-level event will feature key leaders and thinkers from Mexico and the U.S.
  • Opening remarks: IR/PS Dean Peter Cowhey
  • Panel: Juan Pardinas, Diana Negroponte, Jaana Remes and Dan Restrepo (moderator)
  • Keynote address: Former Mexico Ambassador to China Jorge Guajardo
For more information, call the
Center for American Progress at 202-682-1611.

Upcoming Events
"Obama, the Americas & the 2016 Latino Vote"
Tuesday, Feb. 17 | 6:30 p.m.
Speaker: Dan Restrepo, senior fellow, Center for American Progress (cohosted by the Institute of the Americas)

"China's Incursion into Latin America:
Myths and Realities"
Thursday, Feb. 19 | 5 - 6:30 p.m.
Speaker: Ambassador Jorge Guajardo

San Diego's Global Summit
Wednesday, March 11 | 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Keynote: Bruce Katz, VP and founding director, Metropolitan Policy Program

Frontera Friday
Friday, April 10 | Save the Date
Frontera Friday site visits help us connect leaders from the San Diego-Tijuana region to UC San Diego.
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Fellow Maya Duru discusses her research on electoral targeting of agricultural insurance in Mexico
"Electoral targeting of agricultural insurance"
Fellow Alfonso Hernandez-Valdez discusses his research on federalism and representation in Mexico
"Federalism and representation in Mexico"

The interdisciplinary Ethnohistorical Archaeology in Mexico field program, directed by USMEX Fellow Danny Zborover and John Pohl (Art History, UCLA), will run again this year, June 21 - July 18, 2015.

By traveling from Mexico City through the mountains, valleys and coasts of Oaxaca, Puebla and Tlaxcala, students immerse themselves in this rich study environment to gain direct experience with archaeological, ethnohistorical, and ethnographic research methods and resources.

Now entering its fifth year, this field course is interested in how social, political and economic networks connected people through space and time. Academic credit is awarded to all participants, and need- and merit-based scholarships are currently available through the Institute for Field Research.
Visiting Fellows Research
presents
"Problems of accountability & representation
in federations"
Feb. 11 | 3:30 p.m.
IOA Deutz room

presents
"North-South Trade
Liberalization
and Innovation"
Feb. 18 | 3:30 p.m.
IOA Deutz room

presents
"The Decline of the
Nahuatl Public Spheres"
Feb. 25 | 3:30 p.m.
IOA Deutz room

presents
"Por la Patria Chica"
March 4 | 3:30 p.m.
IOA Deutz room

Micah Gell-Redman
presents
"The politics of
disease control
in 20th Century Mexico"
March 11 | 3:30 p.m.
CILAS library
Visit our Events page to learn the latest schedule and our Media Center to see featured photographs, videos and news stories from past events.



 


 
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