Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 06/2010

The United States and Mexico: Towards a Strategic Partnership

January 2009

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Abstract

It is time to strengthen the U.S. relationship with Mexico. There are few countries—if any—which are as important to the United States as Mexico. We share more than just a two-thousand mile border. Our economies and societies are deeply interwoven and what happens on one side of our shared border inevitably affects the other side. As the United States seeks to redefine its role in the world, it is vital to start at home, with our neighbors.