North America

The Wilson Center is Washington’s only think tank with full research programs on the United States’ neighbors. Wilson’s North American institutes – the Canada Institute and the Mexico Institute – provide context and insights into U.S. bilateral relationships with these countries, and work together to sponsor analysis and programs that address the entire North American region on topics such as border cooperation, shared energy and environmental challenges, the implementation of the USMCA, and North American competitiveness.

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Insight & Analysis

Article

Global Alliances & Partnerships

Does Sikh Canadian Political Engagement Inoculate the Community Against Indian Government Demands That Canada Crack Down on “Terrorism”?

By Roy Norton on September 27, 2023

Article

Global Alliances & Partnerships

Canada Institute Experts React to the India-Canada Tensions

By Christopher Sands on September 27, 2023

Article

Global Alliances & Partnerships

Despite Strained Indian Ties, Canada Must Stay the Course on Indo-Pacific Strategy

By Deanna Horton on September 22, 2023

Podcast

Population

Numbers Without Borders with Anil Arora

40:22September 22, 2023

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North America Experts

Christopher Sands

Director, Canada Institute

Andrew I. Rudman

Director, Mexico Institute

Earl Anthony Wayne

Public Policy Fellow

The United States produces more with its neighbors that with any other countries in the world. More than two million dollars of trade crosses the US-Canada and the US-Mexico borders each minute.

Duncan Wood

Vice President for Strategy & New Initiatives; Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute

The intimate connection between the geopolitical and economic challenges facing the United States has never been clearer. Only a coordinated approach between government, private sector and foreign allies will ensure that the U.S. meets these challenges successfully.