The Hard Country
"The fundamental purpose of this book is to illuminate the cul de sac into which American policy toward Mexico has meandered, and to further illuminate the options needed to exit it, in the American interest first and foremost. Those options, necessary and stark as they are, will seem shocking to those accustomed to thinking of the Mexican state as a well-meaning (if dysfunctional) neighbor to our south… On both sides, the nightmare scenario looms.”
About the Author
Joshua S. Treviño is the Chief Transformation Officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, in which role he explores pathways for future Foundation action and develops forecasts for Texas and the nation. Prior to his service as CTO, he was vice president of strategy at the Illinois Policy Institute in Chicago. Prior to that, he was vice president of communications at the Foundation for six years. His other experience includes an independent media consultancy, a consultancy at Booz Allen Hamilton, vice president of policy at the Pacific Research Institute in San Francisco, service as both a speechwriter and an international-health professional in the administration of George W. Bush, and a United States Army officer.
Joshua S. Treviño, on the Rio Grande outside Reynosa, Tamaulipas, August 2023
