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Can Public Diplomacy Help Bridge the Gap Between Reality and Perceptions? | USC Center on Public Diplomacy

Can Public Diplomacy Help Bridge the Gap Between Reality and Perceptions? | USC Center on Public Diplomacy

Posted by | Sep 16, 2014 | |

The relationship between the United States and Mexico is a vital one for both countries. Increasing win-win interdependence and cooperation between the two governments has been one of the beneficial results of NAFTA since its inception, negotiation, approval, and entry into force in the early 1990s. This North American partnership is facing serious challenges, however, not the least of which is foundering public perceptions of the other nation on both sides of the border. One of the keys to surmounting this particular challenge lies in improved public and cultural diplomacy efforts, in which the strategic use of social media...

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Amid drought, Texas is fuming because Mexico isn’t sending the water it owes – The Washington Post

Amid drought, Texas is fuming because Mexico isn’t sending the water it owes – The Washington Post

Posted by | Sep 8, 2014 | |

In 1944, President Harry S. Truman signed a treaty intended to bring fair play to the fight for water in the parched deserts of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.Seventy years later, engineer Roberto Enriquez de la Garza stood on the lip of the Amistad dam — vultures circling overhead, grassy islands poking out of the depleted reservoir below — and explained why Mexico can’t hold up its share of the bargain.“The U.S. gets angry: Why aren’t you giving us water? Well, how can we when there is no water?” he asked. “I can’t do anything. It’s not raining.”via Amid drought, Texas...

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The US Shale Experience: A Script for Mexico?

The US Shale Experience: A Script for Mexico?

Posted by | Sep 4, 2014 | |

The ongoing energy reform in Mexico has been touted as opening the possibilities for a massive production increase from shale formations in the Burgos and Sabinas basins, largely because the assessments of technically recoverable resources reported by the US Energy Information Administration are so substantial. But, we should be careful not to put the proverbial “cart in front of the horse.” Specifically, as the US success story shows, although the geology (the cart in this case) might be very promising, there are a number of above ground issues (the horse) that must be aligned for large-scale successes to be...

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A vision of North America – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A vision of North America – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Posted by | Sep 1, 2014 | , , |

Ronald Reagan intuitively believed in the notion of a North America, distinct in history, geography, shared identity, values and destiny.His announcement in November 1979 that he was a candidate for the presidency included the surprising aspiration for “a North American accord” that would enable the United States, Canada and Mexico together to make the continent “the strongest, most prosperous and self-sufficient area on earth.” It could “show the world by example that the nations of North America are ready, within an unswerving commitment to freedom, to seek new forms of accommodation to meet a changing world.”In 35 years, the...

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Solving Immigration: It Need Not Be So Difficult | RealClearPolitics

Solving Immigration: It Need Not Be So Difficult | RealClearPolitics

Posted by | Aug 29, 2014 | |

The air is charged. Distant rumblings grow louder. President Obama is promising to do by executive order what Congress has not done: allow millions of illegal immigrants to remain in this country. And if media accounts forecasting the reaction to such a move are accurate, a political firestorm is heading our way, which could include another government shutdown and calls for impeachment hearings — this time from responsible quarters.Perhaps the president will act less precipitously than expected, disappointing immigration advocates and businesses that rely on immigrant labor, but averting a constitutional crisis. And were he to exercise prudence, millions...

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