Mexico is one of the United States' most important foreign
policy relationships. No other nation directly affects U.S.
stability, security, and prosperity across so many dimensions.
Mexico increasingly influences (and is influenced by) U.S.
domestic policy--no other country is as intertwined with the
U.S. economy, environment, culture, and society. Although
bilateral relations have always been significant to both nations
due to the shared 2,000-mile border, the deepening of business,
personal, cultural, and community relations over the last two
decades have drawn the United States and Mexico closer. Yet on
the tenth anniversary of Mexican democracy, it is still in the
midst of change, still forging its global political, economic,
and social identity. Will it continue to strengthen its
democracy, grow its economy, and open its society, or will it
fall into a downward spiral of dissatisfaction, violence, and
instability? The stakes for the United States are undeniably
high, as its future, too, depends on Mexico