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US President Donald Trump speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Gimhae Air Base in Gimhae, South Korea, on October 30, 2025.
Analysis

Top risks of 2025, reviewed

Here’s how Eurasia Group’s 2025 Top Risks report stacked up – where it hit the mark and where it missed.

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gestures during a press conference after Mexico's Security Minister Rosa Icela Rodriguez informed of the detention of Joaquin Guzman Lopez, El Chapo Guzman's son, and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, at the National Palace, in Mexico City, Mexico July 26, 2024.
What We're Watching

Can the US-Mexico relationship recover from arrests of Sinaloa cartel leaders?

Last week, the US carried out “the largest sting against Mexican criminal organizations ever,” according to Eurasia Group’s Mexico expert, Matías Gómez Léautaud, arresting Joaquín Guzmán López, son of Mexican drug lord “El Chapo,” and Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada.

Illustration of a muscle-flexing arm beside a Mexican flag
by ian bremmer

Advantage Mexico

Here are three reasons why, politically and economically, Mexico is strong and getting stronger.

A protester wears a mask in the shape of corn during an anti-GMO rally in Mexico City.
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What We're Watching: US-Mexico corn fight, Chinese crackdown

US and Mexico spar over corn, China tracks down protesters

Visitors walk past an image of President Xi Jinping holding a ballot ahead of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing.
News

What We’re Watching: China’s party congress, US-Mexico migrant deal

China's party is having a party; Biden to Venezuelans: Steer clear of Mexico border.

What We're Watching: Russia-EU pipeline repairs, AMLO in the (White) House, Sri Lanka's new leader
Europe

What We're Watching: Russia-EU pipeline repairs, AMLO in the (White) House, Sri Lanka's new leader

Germany fears Russia won't turn the taps back on, Biden meets AMLO, date set for new Sri Lankan president

US-NATO skepticism, EU rule of law ruling, US truckers' protests, atrocities in Tigray, guac wars
Europe

What We're Watching: US-NATO skepticism, EU rule of law ruling, US truckers' protests, atrocities in Tigray, guac wars

A U.S. Border Patrol agent instructs asylum-seeking migrants as they line up along the border wall after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico on a raft, in Penitas, Texas, U.S., March 17, 2021.
Viewpoint

Crisis at the border a no-win scenario for Biden

The road ahead for US-Mexico relations
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The road ahead for US-Mexico relations

With a new American president in office, US-Mexico relations face a turning point. Can Mexico's populist leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador, also known as AMLO, forge the same bond with President Biden as he did with former President Trump? And how will that dynamic impact immigration reform in the US. These questions come at a critical time for Mexico, as it scrambles to regain control of rampant violence and a raging pandemic.

Can Biden work with López Obrador on meaningful immigration reform?
US & Canada

Can Biden work with López Obrador on meaningful immigration reform?

Can President Biden work with Mexican president López Obrador to pass meaningful immigration reform for the first time in decades? Acclaimed journalist and Univision anchor Jorge Ramos thinks there is a path, but it requires a certain baseline understanding. With tens of thousands of Central American migrants amassing just south of the US border, many living in squalid conditions, Ramos argues that Biden must act swiftly but also shrewdly.