Clements Center Alumnus Joseph Ledford Featured in Engelsberg Ideas for “A New Age of U.S.–Mexican Interdependence”

As economic integration and shared supply chains bind the United States and Mexico closer than ever, a worsening cartel-driven security crisis threatens both nations. In Engelsberg Ideas, Clements Center alumnus Joseph Ledford traces the evolution of U.S.–Mexican interdependence—from trade and energy to counter-narcotics cooperation—and examines how Presidents Donald Trump and Claudia Sheinbaum are navigating a new, high-stakes era of bilateral security partnership.