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'Mexico at the Crossroads: Moving Backward or Forward in 2025' with Dr. David Shirk

Thursday, September 11 | 5:15 | KTOO Studio 1

Rounding out her first year in office, Mexico’s first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, enjoys high approval ratings, yet Mexico continues to face serious challenges, including democratic backsliding, endemic corruption, and tensions with the current US administration over trade, drugs, migration, and other bilateral issues. Dr. David Shirk, professor of political science and International relations at the University of San Diego, spoke about Mexico’s current domestic situation and its ties to the United States.

Dr. David Shirk is a professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of San Diego (USD). He is the past director of the USD Trans-Border Institute and the current director of the Justice in Mexico program. As an undergraduate student at Lock Haven University, he was a recipient of the Matthew David Klee scholarship for African Americans and at the University of California San Diego he was an American Political Science Foundation Minority Fellow and UC Presidents Fellow. He has been a fellow at the UCSD Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies and at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is also the co-author of Contemporary Mexican Politics, recently released in its updated fifth edition.

KTOO 360TV video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inkrb9-x5t8