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Interes nacional y equilibrio de poder en las relaciones entre Rusia y Mexico de 1890 a 2010
In: Revista mexicana de política exterior: publicación cuatrimestral del Instituto Matías Romero de Estudios Diplomáticos, Heft 91, S. 99-139
ISSN: 0185-6022
Diversifying violence: mining, export-agriculture, and criminal governance in Mexico
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 151, S. 1-14
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La Asociacion Estrategica Entre Rusia Y China De 2000 A 2011: Afirmacion De La Multipolaridad, Seguridad Regional Y Cooperacion Economica
In: Foro internacional: revista trimestral, Band 51, Heft 4, S. 636-668
ISSN: 0185-013X
Between 2000 and 2011, Russia and China bolstered their strategic partnership. Their principal motive is a shared lack of trust in the United States, since Washington's global strategy has fostered a growing sense of being under threat from both countries. Political convergence (on a bilateral level and in international organizations, especially the UN) and military collaboration have been the two most important manifestations of this reinforcement of China-Russia links. To this may be added cooperation on regional security matters (in Central Asia and the Pacific Rim countries) and the notable increase in trade and financial transactions between the two nations. Adapted from the source document.
Natural Hazards, Social Policy, and Electoral Performance: Evidence from the 2017 Earthquake in Mexico City
In: Latin American research review: LARR, Band 58, Heft 2, S. 299-325
ISSN: 1542-4278
AbstractDo large-scale and unexpected events, such as natural disasters, affect elections? This article studies the political dimension of the 19-S earthquake that hit Mexico City in 2017, a few months before the 2018 elections. Using fine-grained geospatial data, the results show that candidates from the city-level incumbent Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) had a small increase in vote share in 2018 compared to the previous election in precincts more exposed to damaged caused by the earthquake (in terms of both distance-based and per capita measures), accounting for the seismic profile and socioeconomic characteristics of the neighborhood. The article shows that the implementation of disaster-recovery policy explains part of this relationship. Moreover, voters were as electorally responsive to a future risk reduction strategy as to a reconstruction credit.
Why Do Governments Tax or Subsidize Fossil Fuels?
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 84, Heft 4, S. 2123-2139
ISSN: 1468-2508
Oil Theft and Violence in Mexico
In: Journal of politics in Latin America, Band 15, Heft 2, S. 217-236
ISSN: 1868-4890
Around the world, non-state armed actors have been linked to the illegal extraction of energy resources. This research note explores the case of Mexico. Anecdotal evidence suggests that criminal groups have been gaining control of energy infrastructure across the country. At the same time, oil tapping has been directly associated with criminal violence. Yet, there has not been a systematic effort to causally identify the relationship between illegal extraction and criminal violence. In this research note, we use the exogenous variation in international oil prices—as a measure of potential profits—to assess the effect of access to energy infrastructure on criminal-related violence. Our results show that increases in oil prices are associated with higher levels of homicide rates in municipalities with pipelines and in neighboring municipalities. Specifically, a standard price increase during this period is associated with approximately 20% more homicides per year in municipalities with gasoline pipelines. A locality-level analysis suggests a non-linear distance effect. Finally, we also explore criminal fragmentation as the mechanism connecting access to resources and violence. We find that access to pipelines is associated with higher presence of organized crime groups, but not necessarily with more fragmentation.