Jorge A. Schiavon is Professor of International Relations at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) and Visiting Professor at the Instituto Tecnológico Autonómo de México (ITAM). His most recent books are Introducción al Estudio de la Política Exterior de México (1821-2021) (coauthored) and Comparative Paradiplomacy.

Rafael Fernández de Castro is a professor at UC San Diego's School of Global Policy and Strategy and Director of its Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. His publications include Contemporary U.S.-Latin American Relations: Cooperation or Conflict in the 21st Century? (coedited) and The United States and Mexico: Between Partnership and Conflict (coauthored).