Diplomatic Relations between Mexico and the United States — Conflicts and Cooperation(1946-1998)

• Main Authors: Chen, Chin-Huei, 陳錦慧
• Other Authors: Chen, Yea-Hong
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2000
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/38047571506425370470

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 拉丁美洲研究所 === 88 === Title of Thesis: Diplomatic Relations between Mexico and the United States — Conflicts and Cooperation (1946-1998)Total Pages:134 Name of Institute: Graduate Institute of Latin America Studies, Tamkang University Graduate Date: January, 2000 Degree Conferred: Master Name of Student: Chen, Chin-Huei Advisor: Dr. Chen Yea-Hong 陳 錦 慧 陳 雅 鴻 博士 Abstract: At the beginning, the diplomatic relations of Mexico and the United States was shaped by conflicts and controversies. The Mexican War and U.S. military influence in the period of revolution both made the Mexican keep watchful of its north neighbor for a long time. And thus formed Mexico’s foreign principles: nonintervention, sovereign equality of states and peaceful resolution of conflicts and so on. After the World War II, an international system of bipolar power ruled by the USSR and the United States was created. And the conflicts of East-West reached the core of international politics. In consideration of economic development, Mexico kept in with the United States. Nevertheless, the ideological difference between the two countries soon got more and more noticed since the conflicts of East-West spread out in Latin America. Guatemala and Cuba cases were the original causes to part the standpoint of the two states. Behind the 1970s, “nonaligned” was adopted as a foreign policy to free Mexico from deeper dependence on United States. All these led to a heavy diplomatic divergence and conflicts followed. In 1977, a great quantity of oil resource was found in Mexico and increased its ability and influence on international affairs as well as its meaning to Washington. To be a regional power, Mexico intervened actively in Central American Crisis and “Group of Contadora” was set to mediate with. Simultaneously, climaxed the diplomatic conflicts of the two countries. However, the debt crisis of 1982 had damaged Mexico’s strength in participating in international affairs and the trend of international integration also forced a change on its center of foreign policy. That is,to get along well with the U.S. A special relationship was shaped by the 2000 miles shared border of the two countries and derived from which problems of drugs, migration and so on. In the 1990s, also based on geographical proximity, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was set to contend with the European Union(EU). Besides, both countries have known that only cooperation can be the way to resolve issues between each other, such as trade, debt, migration, drugs and so on. The increasing interdependence of the two countries has opened a new era for their future relationship.