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The article "Migration in the Meso-North American System" is a dossier that comprehensively and interdisciplinary analyzes the migratory phenomenon in this region. The dossier is composed of five articles that address different aspects of migration and migration policy in the region. The strategies for analyzing the migratory phenomenon, the changes in the migration policy of the United States under the government of Donald Trump, the Meso-North American migration system, the return migration to Mexico from the United States, and the model of migrant integration in Mexico are studied. The objective of the study is to understand the migratory reality in this region and improve migration policies for the benefit of migrants and nationals of the countries involved. [Extracted from the article]

This article answers the question: how should we study the migratory phenomenon in the Meso-North American system? To answer this question, the article proposes five strategies that allow the analysis and understanding of migration in an integral way, which are: 1) disaggregate the analysis in its five international components (emigration, immigration, migration in transit, return migration, and refuge); 2) examine it regionally as a migratory system; 3) study it in a multi-causal way, organizing the variables in two categories ("push" y "pull"), and then, disaggregating the causal variables in types (political, economic, security, environment, social, among others); 4) analyze it rationally as a phenomenon and not a problem; and, 5) evaluate whether the "5-Cs" of good migration policies are followed (coherence, consistence, co-responsibility, coordination, and cooperation). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main international variable needed to understand Mexican foreign policy is its proximity to the United States. The entry into effect of Mexico's 1917 Constitution presented a particularly difficult scenario in that relationship in the 1920s. The general aim of this article is to determine whether the argument that Mexico used cultural diplomacy successfully to contain tensions with the United States and facilitate bilateral negotiations should be accepted or discarded. Performing an exhaustive review of historical literature and a deep dive into archives using the theories of constructive and liberal institutional international relations, the authors begin by analyzing Mexico's cultural diplomacy strategies. They continue by studying the concrete actions carried out for disseminating Mexican culture in the United States. They then evaluate the application of these cultural diplomacy strategies, identifying significant changes in important U.S. actors' attitudes toward Mexico as well as the increased cooperation between the two countries. Their conclusion is that Mexican cultural diplomacy was a useful foreign policy instrument for reducing tensions with the United States and facilitating negotiations between the two countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Setting immigration policy is reserved for the federal government in both Mexico and the United States. However, de facto, the states in both countries carry out certain immigration policies. Chiapas and Arizona have both faced challenges in this area. The government of Arizona has followed an anti-immigrant logic, while the government of Chiapas has focused on the defense of migrants' human rights. The aim of this article is to understand the practically opposite roles played by these two states in managing immigration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The articles presents the topics addressed in this issue of the journal which consider aspects of foreign policy, international cooperation and multilateralism during the administration of Mexican President Felipe Calderon.

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