THE CENTER FOR US AND MEXICAN LAW
TAKES PLEASURE IN INVITINGYOU TO A SPECIAL MEXICO BRIEFING:
US – Mexico Relations After the Elections:
New Administrations, New Policies?
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012
8:15 A.M.
BREAKFAST BRIEFING HOSTED BY HAYNES & BOONE, LLP
LOCATION: HAYNES & BOONE - HOUSTON OFFICE
ONE HOUSTON CENTER, 1221 McKINNEY STREET, SUITE 2100
THE CENTER FOR U.S. AND MEXICAN LAW THANKS THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES AND FIRMS FOR THEIR SUPPORT
UNDERWRITERS: THE BUZBEE LAW FIRM • BAKER HUGHES • WEATHERFORD
SPONSORS: ANDREWS KURTH • BAKER BOTTS • CHADBOURNE PARKE • FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI •
GARDERE WYNNE SEWELL • GOODRICH RIQUELME • HAYNES & BOONE •
McGINNIS, LOCHRIDGE & KILGORE • VINSON & ELKINS
MEXICO BRIEFINGS provide opportunities for friends of the Center to meet with leading experts on
Mexican law and on US - Mexico relations, to engage in private discussions of issues of current importance.
Attendance is limited to invited guests of the Center, and of its Sponsors and Advisers.
Every 12 years, both Mexico and the United States elect new presidents in the same year. In July, 2012,
Mexico elected Enrique Peña Nieto as its new President, to serve a six-year term beginning December 1,
2012. On November 6, 2012, the United States will either re-elect Barack Obama to a second term, or will
elect Mitt Romney as the new President of the United States. In either case, we will have a new administration in each country. Will the two presidents chart a new course for U.S. – Mexico relations, or will they
continue the past practice of reacting to events? Will they consider a more comprehensive economic and
security approach to North America - including Canada as well as Mexico - or will they continue the past
practice of dealing with one country, one problem at a time? Professor Robert Pastor, Director of the
Center for North American Studies at American University -- one of the leading experts on U.S. relations
with Mexico – will provide insight into the policies that are likely to unfold, from issues of competitiveness
and migration to questions of national security, trade and investment, and other crucial matters.
Dr. Robert Pastor is a noted expert on U.S. – Latin American relations. A
Professor of International Relations at American University in Washington, D.C.,
he is founding director of AU’s Center for North American Studies and of the
Center for Democracy and Election Management. From 2002-07, he was Vice
President of International Affairs at AU, where he transformed and expanded the
study abroad program, and established the American University of Nigeria. He
served as National Security Advisor for Latin America during the administration of
President Jimmy Carter, and he was a Senior Fellow and director of programs on
democracy, Latin America, and China at the Carter Center.
Dr. Pastor has published 17 books and numerous articles. His books include,
most recently, The North American Idea: A Vision of a Continental Future; Exiting the Whirlpool: US Foreign
Policy Toward Latin American and the Caribbean; and Limits to Friendship: The United States and Mexico
(with Jorge Castañeda, former Foreign Minister of Mexico). As Vice Chair of the Council of Foreign Relations’ Independent Task Force on North American, he was editor of the report
Building a North American Community.
RSVP BY NOV. 12 TO CARMEN CUELLAR
cdcuella@central.UH.EDU or 713.743.2126
(SPACE IS LIMITED - PLEASE REPLY EARLY)