https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12104/85306 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:48:44 GMT 2026-04-07T19:48:44Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12104/94364 Título: The Paci?c Alliance and its Role in Local Governments in its First Decade of Action; La Alianza del Pacífico y su rol en los gobiernos locales en su primera década de acción Descripción: One of the characteristics of the Pacific Alliance is the implementation of open regionalism which is shared within the member countries as a strategic policy for the commercial development in an internationally competitive scenario. Foreign Direct Investment represents a tool used in these mechanisms, with which we can evaluate the performance of the Alliance. Therefore, this paper aims to analyze the impact of the mechanism in local governments, from its creation to the present time, in terms of institutional capabilities related to public services, mobility, urban development and environmental impact, taking the cities of San Luis Potosí in Mexico and Medellín in Colombia as case studies. Through a qualitative methodology, supported in the revision of official information, we can conclude that local governments do not possess a desirable degree of governance which could face the impacts that the international dynamics have in these cities.; La Alianza del Pacífico posee como característica la implementación del regionalismo abierto, la cual es compartida por los países miembros como política estratégica para el desarrollo comercial en un escenario competitivo internacional. Una de las herramientas utilizadas en estos mecanismos es la Inversión Extranjera Directa, con la cual se evalúa su trascendencia. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar el impacto de dicho mecanismo en los gobiernos locales, desde su creación hasta la actualidad, en términos de las capacidades institucionales relacionadas con los servicios públicos, movilidad, desarrollo urbano e impacto ambiental, tomando como casos de estudio las ciudades de San Luis Potosí en México y Medellín en Colombia. A través de una metodología cualitativa basada en observación in situ en las ciudades de Medellín y San Luis Potosí, y apoyada en la revisión de información oficial, se concluye que los gobiernos locales no poseen un grado deseable de gobernabilidad que pueda hacerle frente a los efectos que las dinámicas internacionales tienen en estas ciudades. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12104/94364 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12104/94366 Título: Is the United States returning to Asia Paci?c? Regional Trade Agreements in the Foreign Policy of the Biden Administration; ¿Estados Unidos regresa a Asia Pacífico? Los acuerdos comerciales regionales en la política exterior de la administración Biden Descripción: This article aims to analyze the actions of the Joseph Biden administration to recover the US economic-commercial leadership in Asia Pacific, just as the trustworthiness of its regional allies; after former president Donald Trump decided to with-draw the US from Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in 2017 and renegotiated free trade agreements. Besides, this in the context of the confrontation between China and USA for world hegemony and the signing, in November 2020, of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), an initiative in which China is present and has been identified as the largest free trade agreement in history. It is considered that the Biden administration will do everything possible to return to Asia Pacific, emulating what was done with the strategy called “Pivot to Asia”, and thus counterbalance the Chinese rise, through instruments such as the Free and Open Indo Pacific Strategy (FOIP).; El presente artículo pretende analizar el actuar de la administración de Joseph Biden para recuperar el liderazgo económico-comercial estadounidense en Asia Pacífico, así como la confianza de sus aliados regionales, luego de que en 2017 el expresidente, Donald Trump decidiera retirarse del Acuerdo Transpacífico de Cooperación Económica (TPP por sus siglas en inglés) y optara por renegociar acuerdos comerciales. Lo anterior en el marco de la confrontación sinoestadounidense por la he-gemonía mundial y de la firma, en noviembre de 2020, de la Asociación Económica Integral Regional (RECP por sus siglas en inglés), iniciativa que cuenta con la presencia de China y es catalogada como el acuerdo de libre comercio más grande de la historia. Se considera que la administración Biden hará lo posible para regresar a Asia Pacífico emulando lo realizado con la estrategia denominada pivote asiático, y así poder hacer un contrapeso al ascenso chino, mediante instrumentos como la Estrategia del Indo Pacífico Libre y Abierto (FOIP). https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12104/94366 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12104/94365 Título: The (Possible) End of the Expansion Boom of the Japanese Automobile Industry in Mexico, and the COVID-19 Pandemic; The (Possible) End of the Expansion Boom of the Japanese Automobile Industry in Mexico, and the COVID-19 Pandemic Descripción: The automobile industry is a leading industry in Mexico and thus an engine of its economic growth. In Mexico, Japanese automobile production, as well as the number of Japanese firms, doubled in the last decade amid the Japanese business expansion boom. However, since 2016, after Trump’s election as us President, the expansion boom came to a halt. Simultaneously, the production of Japanese Original Equipment Manufacturers in Mexico, which had reached its peak in 2016, began to decline. This study argues that this sudden production decline before the COVID-19 pandemic was mainly due to the change in consumers’ preference for pick-ups and SUVs in the US market because of the shale oil boom, rather than the so-called “Trump Shock.” It also examines the performances of the automobile industry in Mexico, including those of the Japanese assemblers, during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.; The automobile industry is a leading industry in Mexico and thus an engine of its economic growth. In Mexico, Japanese automobile production, as well as the number of Japanese firms, doubled in the last decade amid the Japanese business expansion boom. However, since 2016, after Trump’s election as us President, the expansion boom came to a halt. Simultaneously, the production of Japanese Original Equipment Manufacturers in Mexico, which had reached its peak in 2016, began to decline. This study argues that this sudden production decline before the COVID-19 pandemic was mainly due to the change in consumers’ preference for pick-ups and SUVs in the US market because of the shale oil boom, rather than the so-called “Trump Shock.” It also examines the performances of the automobile industry in Mexico, including those of the Japanese assemblers, during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12104/94365 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12104/94367 Título: Empire and Revenge: Outlining Vladimir Putin’s motivations for war; Empire and Revenge: Outlining Vladimir Putin’s Motivations for War Descripción: Opinión invitada https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12104/94367