Mexico’s New Security Strategy: Implications for US-Mexico Relations

This webinar will analyze Mexico’s shift away from the “abrazos, no balazos” approach and what its new security strategy means for bilateral relations. Panelists will discuss how Mexico’s evolving stance on organized crime, public security, and cooperation with Washington could reshape the dynamics of trust, enforcement, and regional stability. We will also explore the broader implications for U.S.-Mexico collaboration on migration, trade, and border security.

This event will be held in English but will include simultaneous translation into Spanish.

Speakers:

• Sophia Huett, Public security expert with over 20 years of experience in policy design, crisis management, and institutional leadership with a human rights focus (COMEXI).
• Gema Kloppe-Santamaría, Assistant Professor of Latin American History, George Washington University.
• Eduardo Guerrero, Expert in security, transparency, access to information, and the professionalization of the public service. (COMEXI).
• Vidal Romero, Professor of Political Science, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).

Moderators:

• Diane Davis, Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism, Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD).
• Rafael Fernández de Castro, Director, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies (USMEX), University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

This event is co-sponsored by the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California San Diego and Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales (COMEXI).