The Mexico Institute seeks to improve understanding, communication, and cooperation between Mexico and the United States by promoting original research, encouraging public discussion, and proposing policy options for enhancing the bilateral relationship. A binational Advisory Board, chaired by José Antonio Fernández Carbajal and Roger W. Wallace, oversees the work of the Mexico Institute. 

The Institute maintains an ongoing focus on five key issues in U.S.-Mexico relations:

Resource Pages

Mexico News and Analysis

The Mexico Portal provides comprehensive and timely news, analysis and studies on Mexico. It covers a wide range of crucial issues, including migration, security, the economy, development, energy, and elections. 

Latino Migrant Civic and Political Participation 

A study of the practices of civic engagement and political participation of Latino immigrants in the United States can be found here: Latino Migrant Civic and Political Participation.

U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation

Policy briefs, reports, analysis, current news and information about U.S.-Mexico security cooperation initiatives, intended to confront organized crime and to strengthen the rule of law in the United States and Mexico, can be found here: U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation.

Elections Guide

The Elections Guide offers the latest information on the upcoming Mexican elections, from the candidate's backgrounds and information about the political parties, to a timeline of what's in store leading up to the 2012 elections. 

Mexican Rural Development 

This study was made possible thanks to a grant from the Global Development Program of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and reflects collaboration between the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ Mexico Institute, the University of California, Santa Cruz and researchers from CIDE, the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas. Mexican Rural Development.