North American Institutes

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.

Insight & Analysis

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Science and Technology

China Challenge and U.S.-Canadian Innovation Collaboration

By Darren Touch on January 21, 2022

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Cousin Seamus Comes from Away to DC

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Environment

Exploring the North with Enric Sala

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Border Security

Report of The Wilson Center Task Force on Public Health and the U.S.-Canadian Border

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As Canada and the U.S. search for possible upgrades to North America’s missile-defense system, it is important to c… t.co/3qsB8jwHz7

North America Experts

Christopher Sands

Director, Canada Institute

Andrew I. Rudman

Director, Mexico Institute

Earl Anthony Wayne

Public Policy Fellow

U.S.-Mexico relations are deeply intertwined. Key issues of mutual importance are both international and domestic. These “inter-mestic” issues impact the lives of tens of millions of people on both sides of the border. Americans and Mexicans thus have big stakes in assuring that The United States and Mexico working can tackle shared problems and find good solutions to the vital issues that tie them together, including trade, jobs, crime, border, security, migration, tourism, education exchanges, a shared environment and much more.

Duncan Wood

Vice President for Strategy & New Initiatives; Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute; Interim Director, Global Europe Program

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.