Blog Roll: Mexico

 

Oct 13, 2026 What Mexico Can (and Cannot) Control Mexico can focus on navigating tensions with the United States while putting its own house in better order, writes a former policymaker.

Feb 24, 2026 Mexico on edge following drug lord’s killing

Mexico is semi-peripheral country in the World-System. Why isn't it a Core Country?

  

This blog explores the question of Mexico' role in the World-System.

• Eight Futures for Mexico The best future for Mexico would be Business-as-Usual (BAU), that is no Geopolitical alignments. Geopolitical with the US would produce a steady state while linkage with China (CN) would be the worst, creating collapse.
• Geopolitical Linkages: Canada, Mexico and the US.The Trump II Administration does not understand the World Trade System.
• Latin America and the Donroe Doctrine US attempts to destroy the Rule-Based World Order and become a regional Hegemon involve dominating both North and South America.
• Latin America Futures  The best future for Latin America is Business-as-Usual (BAU), that is, no Geopolitical Linkages.
• Unstable System Cycles in Latin America Another reason not to pursue Geopolitical Linkage with Latin America!
• Why is it important to study Spain?  Spanish Culture is a strong force in the Southwestern United States and, of course, in Latin America.  The US Government understands none of this and would be an awful Regional Hegemon.

You can run the MXL20 model and other statistical models for Latin America here.

Notes

• The Economy of Mexico a developing, free-market mixed economy. It is the 13th-largest economy in the world by both nominal GDP and PPP as of 2026. It is known for its strong international trade networks, particularity with the United States and Canada who freely trade through USMCA. Mexico has a pronounced tourism industry, generating around 8% of Mexican GDP. It has a significant industrial manufacturing base as the 10th largest exporting and importing economy.
• The Politics of Mexico  Mexico function within the framework of the federal presidential representative democratic republic whose government is based on a multi-party congressional system, where the President of Mexico is both head of state and head of government.
• The History of Mexico over 13,000 years between the initial migration of indigenous peoples and the modern day. Central and southern Mexico (termed Mesoamerica) saw the rise and fall of complex indigenous civilizations such as the Olmecs, Mayas and Aztecs. Mesoamerican civilizations developed glyph based writing systems, recording the political history of conquests and rulers. 
• The Geography of Mexico  describes the geographic features of Mexico, a country in the Americas. Mexico is located at about 23° N and 102° W in the southern portion of North America.
• History of Mexican Americans  largely begins the aftermath of the annexation of Northern Mexico in 1848, when nearly 80,000 Mexican citizens—of what are now California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico—became U.S. citizens.