Policy Brief: Ideological Divide and the Mexico-United States Binational Policy Agenda

The policy brief “Ideological Divide and the Mexico-United States. Binational Policy Agenda” explores the intricate relationship between these two countries, emphasizing how political polarization impacts cooperation in key areas such as trade, security, and migration. Drawing on a survey of public policy students from universities across both nations, the report highlights significant differences in collaboration perceptions based on partisan leanings. While Democrats and moderates in the United States tend to favor collaborative policies, such as the legalization of migrants, Republicans adopt a more critical and negative stance. In Mexico, the divide is evident between supporters of MORENA, who push for a nationalist foreign policy, and their opponents, who are more inclined towards collaboration with the United States. The study suggests that renewing cooperation agreements requires focusing on areas of common ground and working to depolarize the relationship through inclusive communication strategies.

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About Carlos Moreno

Carlos Moreno-Jaimes has been a visiting Fulbright professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, a visiting researcher at the Center for US-Mexican Studies at the University of California, San Diego and at the Public Policy and Government Institute at the Universidad de Guadalajara. In the late nineties, he worked as an associate professor at CIDE (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas), where he was also appointed Director of the Master Program in Public Policy and Administration. He specializes in heath-care policy, public spending decentralization and local governance in Mexico, with a particular emphasis on performance evaluation. Carlos has been a consultant for several international agencies such as The World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and many other public institutions in Mexico. Since 2005, Carlos is full-time research-professor at ITESO, in Guadalajara.

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