AUSTIN — Today the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced the release of a first-of-its-kind book that contextualizes the modern border crisis by examining the history of U.S.-Mexico relations. The Hard Country: The Mexican Crisis and America’s Answers offers policy solutions in light of the unfortunate reality that Mexico is no longer a reliable partner.
“The fundamental purpose of this book is to illuminate the cul de sac into which American policy toward Mexico has meandered, and to further illuminate the options needed to exit it, in the American interest first and foremost,” says author Joshua S. Treviño. “Those options, necessary and stark as they are, will seem shocking to those accustomed to thinking of the Mexican state as a well-meaning (if dysfunctional) neighbor to our south… On both sides, the nightmare scenario looms.”
“Chapter 1: Fue el Estado” sets the stage by describing the current state of affairs between the Mexican political regime and United States leadership. Its core contention is that the Mexican state, by enriching the cartels at its citizens’ expense, is at the core of the Mexican crisis.
Joshua S. Treviño is the Chief Transformation Officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. He has previously published research on U.S.-Mexico relations and states’ constitutional authority to defend their border from foreign invasion.
The book will have a serialized release schedule, with new chapters being made available over the coming weeks. To read Chapter 1, click here.
Texas Public Policy Foundation is a non-profit free-market research institute based in Austin that aims to foster human flourishing by protecting and promoting liberty, opportunity, and personal responsibility.
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