Geopolitical Landscapes of Donald Trump

Carlos Heredia-Zubieta has been Associate Professor of International Studies at the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), Mexico, since 2009. In 2020, he was appointed Global Fellow by the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He brings with him three decades of experience interacting with Mexican and Central American migrant workers in their home countries and in the United States.

• Introduction, Part 1: International Politics: The Role of the United States in the Region, 1. The Policies of the Trump administration toward Mexico and their Impact on Central America, 2. The Influence of the United States on the Mexico-Central America Transborder Region, 3. The new Sentiments of the Nation, the Mexico-U.S. Relations, and their Effect on the Mexico-Guatemala Transborder Region, Part 2: Institutional Policies in the Mexico-Guatemala Transborder Region, 4. The Mexico-Guatemala Institutional Relationship: Many Mechanisms, Few Results, 5. The Mexico-Guatemala Binational Commission: The Impact of Power, Trust and institutional Capacity on its Functioning, 6. Mexico-Guatemala Trade: Challenges and Opportunities to Improve the Bilateral Relationship

"Heredia’s book is well versed on how the United States externalized its southern border to the Mexico-Guatemala boundary. With an engaging narrative from firsthand experience, it urges cooperative solutions to common challenges"Úrsula Roldán, Professor, Rafael Landívar University, Guatemala City"A resourceful book with a critical insight: the disastrous legacy of the Trump years must be reversed. It makes a compelling case: immigration policies in the Central America – North America corridor must be based on democratic norms and institutions"Jorge Durand, Professor, University of Guadalajara; co-founder, Mexican Migration Project, Princeton University