The International Relations of California and Texas with Mexico and the World

Jorge A. Schiavon is Professor of International Relations at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) and Visiting Professor at the Instituto Tecnológico Autonómo de México (ITAM). His most recent books are Introducción al Estudio de la Política Exterior de México (1821-2021) (coauthored) and Comparative Paradiplomacy. Rafael Fernández de Castro is a professor at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy and Director of its Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. His publications include Contemporary U.S.-Latin American Relations: Cooperation or Conflict in the 21st Century? (coedited) and The United States and Mexico: Between Partnership and Conflict (coauthored).

Introduction Section I: California and Texas in the U.S. and international systems 1. The International Relations of State Governments in the U.S.-Mexico Relationship 2. California in the U.S. Federal System and its Relations with Washington 3. Texas and the U.S. Federal Government 4. California’s International Relations in a Globalized World 5. Texas’s International Relations with Mexico and the World Section II: The central issues in the California-Mexico and Texas-Mexico relationships 6. Trade and Investment: Mexico-California 7. Trade and Investment in the Texas-Mexico Relationship 8. Baja-California: From the 21st Century Border to Exclusion under COVID-19, 2001-2020 9. Too Close for Comfort: The Restive Border as a Symbol of Texas-Mexico Relations 10. Energy in the Mexico-Texas and Mexico-California Relationships 11. Immigration Enforcement, Sanctuary Policies and Demographic Change in California and Texas: 1990-2021 12. Texas vs. California: Latino Politics and Relations with Mexico Section III: Mexico’s diplomacy in California and Texas 13.Fighting Identity Disputes: Mexico’s Consular Diplomacy in Texas and California 14. Mexican Diplomacy in California 15. Mexican Diplomacy in Texas Conclusions