Senior Fellow, Pacific Council on International Policy, USC.

Professor of Political Science, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).

Political Consultant, Bank of Montreal

Political Consultant, Barings Research, Mexico City.

Senior Visiting Fellow, Inter-American Dialogue, Washington, D.C.

Consultant for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Consultant for the United Nations Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean. Commissioned to write a research monograph on "International Opening and Institutional Flexibility: Mexico in Comparative Perspective," for a research seminar on Technical Progress and Competitiveness in Latin America, Santiago de Chile.

Associate Consultant, GEA - Grupo de Economistas y Asociados, a private consulting firm based in Mexico City.

Part-time Professor, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).

Visiting Research Fellow, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego.

Research assistant for John Waterbury, Professor of Politics and International Relations, Princeton University. Collected and analyzed data on public sector reform, privatization and state-private sector relations in Mexico.

Research Associate for Dr. Abraham Lowenthal, Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California. Responsibilities included: research assistance in support of Dr. Lowenthal's writing; research and editorial assistance on the Latin American Press Project and the Latin America and the Caribbean Contemporary Record; work on the outreach activities of the Inter-American Dialogue; administration and research assistance in support of the Hewlett Foundation funded California-Mexico project, and research and writing related to a manuscript on the current state of California-Mexico relations.

Member of a research team headed by David Ayón (Occidental College) and Ricardo Anzaldúa (Harvard University), and commissioned by Policy Alternatives for Central America and the Caribbean, that explored the role of Mexican foreign policy in the Central American crisis.

Political Analyst, Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for North America. Responsibilities included: oral presentations analyzing various topics, such as 1) the differences between the U.S. and Mexican perspectives on the Central American crisis, and 2) and evaluation of the Republican National Convention in 1984; elaboration of weekly memorandum for Foreign Minister review on salient issues concerning American domestic politics and foreign policy.

“Journalist of the Year Award,” Mujer Ejecutiva Magazine, October 2004.

Rockefeller Foundation Grant, 2003-2004

Fulbright Fellowship for Advanced Research, 1999-2000.

Senior Visiting Fellow, School of Public Policy, University of California, Los Angeles, 1999-2000.

Member, World Academy of Arts and Science (elected in 1997).

National Journalism Award, Asociación Nacional de Periodistas (2001).

Member, Research Council, Forum for Democratic Studies, NED (1997).

Visiting Fellowship, Inter-American Dialogue 1994-95.

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center of International Studies, University of Southern California, 1994.

National System of Researchers Award, 1993-96.

Ford Foundation seed grant to promote gender-related studies at ITAM, 1993.

Fellow, The Salzburg Seminar, 1993.

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, (declined in order to conduct further dissertation research and teach at ITAM).

Junior Third World Scholar Award, International Studies Association, 1992.

Research Fellowship, Institute for the Study of World Politics, 1991-92.

Visiting Research Fellowship, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD 1990-91.

Fellowship for summer dissertation research, Council on Regional Studies, Princeton University, 1990.

Fellowship for summer dissertation research, Center for International Studies, Princeton University, 1990.

Fellowship for dissertation research, Council on Regional Studies, Princeton University, 1989.

Fellowship for dissertation research, Center for International Studies, Princeton University, 1989.

Doherty Foundation Summer Scholarship Prize, Program in Latin American Studies, Princeton University, 1989.

Fellowship, Organization of American States, 1988-90.

Fellowship, Princeton University, 1988-89.

Fulbright Scholarship, United States Information Agency, 1985-87.

Academic Merit Scholarship, El Colegio de México, 1981-85.

3/02-3/02 Visiting Professor, Center for Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Taught a graduate seminar on Contemporary Mexican Politics.

8/91- Taught "Introduction to Comparative Politics," “Comparative Political Economy,” “Historical Sociology” and “Contemporary Mexican Politics” at ITAM.

9/94-1/95 Taught "The Politics of Economic Reform and Democratization in Latin America," at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

1/94-4/94 Taught "Contemporary Topics in U.S.-Mexico Relations" at the University of Southern California.

4/92-7/92 Taught "Contemporary Mexico" at ITAM, Master's Degree in Business Administration.

1/92-4/92 Taught "Political and Institutional Analysis," at ITAM, Master's Degree in Public Policy.

5/90 Taught an intensive course on contemporary Mexican politics ITAM, Master’s Degree in International Organization.

2/87-6/87 Teaching Assistant - Princeton University, for "Politics in the Third World," taught by Professor Atul Kohli.

9/86-1/87 Teaching Assistant - Princeton University, for "Introduction to Political Theory" taught by Professor Benjamin Barber.

11/05

“México: La disputa por la Nación”, Annual Meeting, AMCHAM.

11/05

“Entre la palabra y la pantalla”, Diálogos Literarios, Feria Internacional del Libro, Guadalajara.

11/05

“Marginalidad y democracia”, Conference “Estío 2005: Globalización, cultura e identidad”, Universidad de las Américas Puebla.

10/05

“Aventuras de una guera guerrera”, Conference “Las gueras y las prietas: identidad y género en la construcción del escenario político”, PUEG, UNAM.

10/05

“El tema tabú: Medios y poder”, Ponencia Magistral, Reunión Anual del Centro Méxicano Para la Filantropía.

10/05

Panelist, “Mexico Election Series”, Council of the Americas, New York.

9/05

“Mexico 2006: Looking Backward, Moving Sideways”, Conference on Accountability and Rule of Law in Mexico, University of Texas, Austin.

8/05

Panelist, “Global Competitiveness”, North American Institute, Santa Fe.

5/05

Panelist, “Reforms: 2006 and Beyond”, Forbes CEO Forum, Mexico City.

5/05

Panelist, “Encuesta y elecciones en México: Rumbo al 2006”, 7th WAPOR-Mexico Seminar, ITAM, Mexico City.

4/05

“Politics in Mexico”, Inter-American Dialogue, Washington D.C.

2/05

“NAFTA: Looking Ahead”, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

1/05

“U.S. Policy in Latin America: Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela”, The Aspen Institute Congressional Program, Punta Mita.

11/04

“Retos de la participación ciudadana”, Centro Mexicano Para la Filantropía, México.

10/04

“Mujeres invirtiendo en mujeres”, Sociedad Mexicana Pro-Derechos de la Mujer, México.

10/04

“The Future of Mexico,” Diplomacy and World Affairs Series, Occidental College, Los Angeles.

09/04

“Gobernabilidad: Qué Reforma,” Cámara de Diputados, H. Congreso de la Unión, Mexico City.

09/04

“Mexico’s Democratic Governability,” México: Cumbre de Negocios, Veracruz.

04/04

Panelist, “Latin America in 2004: Is Economic Growth Here to Stay?,” Milken Institute Global Conference, Los Angeles, California.

04/04

“Democratic Mexico and its Discontents,” Canadian Chamber of Comerce, Mexico City.

03/04

Panelist, “Mujeres y democracia: Asaltar el palacio,” Conference “Diálogo entre Mujeres,” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico.

02/04

Panelist, “A New Calculus: Bush and the Post 9/11 World,” Occidental College, Los Angeles.

01/04

“Mexico’s Political Prospects,” Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Fourth Annual Mexico Energy Executive Retreat, Mexico City.

12/03

“Democratic Mexico: Challenges Ahead,” Aspen Institute Congressional Conference, Punta Mita, Mexico.

11/03

“Mexico at Mid-term: From Delirium to Disappointment,” Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC.

11/03

Panelist, “Latin American Leaders and Democratic Governance,” Inter-American Dialogue. Washington DC.

10/03

Panelist, “La mujer y su participación en la construcción de la democracia en México y América Latina,” Comunidad Latinoamericana de Juventudes, ITAM, México.

10/03

Panelist, “El futuro de la izquierda,” Conference sponsored by the Partido de la Revolución Democrática, Mexico.

10/03

Panelist, “Is a New International Era Taking Shape? What are its Causes, Contours and Implications?” Ninth Annual Members’ Weekend, Pacific Council on International Policy, Seattle.

10/03

Panelist, “Medios y Política Exterior,” Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales.

10/03

Panelist, “Transnational Political Participation,” North American Futures Project, Pacific Council on International Policy, Chicago.

09/03

Panelist, “North America: Secure and Efficient Borders,” Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales, Monterrey, México.

07/03

Panelist, “Dispelling Myths About Immigration,” North American Futures Project, Pacific Council on International Policy, Zacatecas, México.

06/03

“Perspectivas Políticas de México,” Asociación Mexicana de Mujeres Empresarias, León, Guanajuato.

O5/03

Panelist, “The Future of US-Mexico Relations,” Chicago Council on Foreign Relations.

04/03

Panelist, “Do American Values Shape American Foreign Policy?,” Center for International Studies, University of Denver.

03/03

“Mexico’s Political Prospects,” American Chamber of Commerce, Mexico City.

01/03

Panelist. “The Future of the Mexican Left,” Center for US-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego.

01/03

Panelist, “Causes and Consequences of Transnationalism,” Pacific Council on International Policy, Los Angeles.

04/02

Panelist, “The U.S. and Mexico: Neighbors in a New Era,” Center for Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

“Mexico After the National Elections of 1997,” Lecture delivered at the Marian Miner Cook Athaneum, Claremont McKenna College, California.

12/97

“Major Transitions in Mexico Today,” The Future of Mexico Study Group, Pacific Council on International Policy, Los Angeles, California.

10/97

“How the Mexican Press Covers the United States: The Seven Deadly Sins,” Paper presented at the conference “Press Coverage of Mexico and the United States,” sponsored by the Joan Shorenstein Center, Harvard University, National Press Club, Washington. D.C.

10/97

“Neither Heaven or Hell: Mexico After the Mid-term Election,” Paper presented at the conference, “The 1997 Mexican Elections: Results and Implications,” Center for Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

7/97

Panelist, “Spotlight on Mexico: Mid-Term Elections and Economic Prospects.” Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies and Institute of the Americas, San Diego, California.

7/97

Panelist, “Mexico’s Mid-Term Elections: Implications for the Mexican Political System,” Pacific Council on International Policy, Los Angeles, California.

5/97

Panelist, “Regional and Global Integration,” Seminar XXI, MIT sponsored conference, Wye Plantation.

5/97

Panelist, “The United States and Mexico,” Foreign Service Institute and MIT’s Center for International Studies, Virginia.

5/97

Discussant, “El Papel de los Medios en las Elecciones de 1997,” ITAM, Mexico City.

4/97

Panelist, “Democratization in Mexico: The Political Process,” Foundation for American Communications, Phoenix, Arizona.

3/97

Panelist, "Mujer y Politica," ITAM, Mexico City.

11/96

Panelist, "Ethics and Politics," State of the World Forum, Guanajuato.

5/96

Panelist, "Regionalism, NAFTA, and Mexico," Seminar XXI, MIT sponsored Conference, Wye Plantation.

2/96

Panelist, ¨The Compatibility of Democratization and Market Liberalization” Universidad de las Americas, Puebla.

1/96

Panelist, ¨Mexico: The Economic Crisis and the Prescribed Cure,¨ Ministry of External Affairs, Canada.

1/96

Panelist, ¨Mexico After the Crisis: Upward Mobility or Downstream Drift?,¨The Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, California.

1/96

Panelist, ¨Democracy and Markets in Latin America, ¨Pacific Council on International Policy, Los Angeles, California.

10/95

Panelist, ¨Mexico: The Challenge of Political Opening, “National Endowment for Democracy and Center for U.S. Mexican Studies, Washington D.C.

10/95

¨Promoting Democracy in Mexico: The Importance of International Actors” Working Group on Democracy Promotion in Latin America, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C.

8/95

Panelist, "Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies," International Conference sponsored by the Institute for National Policy Research, Taipei, Taiwan, August 27-30, 1995.

6/95

Panelist, "La Economía Política del TLC: México y el Hemisferio Occidental," ITAM.

5/95

"Mexico after the Meltdown: Is Democracy Possible?," Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University.

5/95

Inaugural Retreat, Pacific Council on International Policy, Los Angeles, California.

5/95

"Tequila y Ron: ¿El mismo son? Lecciones de la Crisis Mexicana para Venezuela," Annual Seminar, Jirahara Group, Venezuela.

3/95

Panelist, "The Post-NAFTA Political Economy: Mexico and the Western Hemisphere," School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.

1/95

Panelist, "Mexico's Political Future," Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

1/95

"Political Effects of Mexico's December Crisis and its Implications for U.S.-Mexico Relations," University of Texas, Austin.

1/95

Panelist, "The Future of Democracy," Sponsored by the Journal of Democracy. Washington, D.C.

10/94

"Twilight of the Perfect Dictatorship?," Academic Seminar Series on Mexico, The Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York.

10/94

Participant in the workshop, "The Politics of Social Policy in Latin America," The Institute of Latin American Studies, The University of North Carolina.

10/94

Panelist, "Mexico's Presidential Election," Research Program in Development Studies, Princeton University.

9/94

Panelist,"Mexico's Electoral Aftermath and Political Future," The Mexican Center, The University of Texas, Austin.

7/94

Discussant, "Pobreza y Gobernabilidad," Centro de Estudios Demográficos, El Colegio de México.

7/94

Panelist, "Mexico's Elections: Passages and Perspectives," Georgetown University.

5/94

Panelist, "100 Days to the Election: Factors and Agents of Political Change," Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Mexico City.

4/94

Discussant, "Academic Conference on Democracy," The Helen Kellog Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame.

4/94

Panelist, "Democracy in the Americas: Approaching the Year 2000," The Helen Kellog Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame.

4/94

"International Actors and the Promotion of Democracy in Mexico," The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California.

1/94

Panelist, "Moving Ahead with NAFTA: Implications for the United States, Canada, and Mexico," Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington D.C.

10/93

"Salinastroika Without PRIsnost: The Politics of Economic Reform in Mexico,” Mexico Seminar, University of Montreal.

10/93

"The 1994 Presidential Succession in Mexico: Will Salinas' Economic Reforms Survive?," Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD.

10/93

Panelist, "The Succession in Mexico: Will the Reforms Survive?," Western State Treasurers Association Conference, San Diego, California.

5/93

Participant in the Conference "Japan, Europe and North America: Towards a G-3 World," The Salzburg Seminar, Austria.

4/93

"The Political Implications of NAFTA in Mexico," The Pacific Rim and the United States Lecture Series, The Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, Claremont McKenna College, California.

9/92

Panelist, "Mexican Politics in Transition," Women Leaders Conference, California-Mexico Project, co-sponsored by the University of Southern California and La Opinión.

5/92

"A Tale of Two Countries: Reflections on Mexico's Modernization," New York Financial Women's Association.

4/92

"Pronasol and Politics in the Mexican Countryside," Conference on "Agrarian Reform in Mexico," U.S. Department of State.

3/92

"The Relevance of Mexico: A Case Study," Young Leaders Seminar, "The Atlantic and Pacific Communities and the Future of Global Trade and Development," sponsored by the Atlantic Council of the United States, Hawaii.

2/92

"Pronasol: A Preliminary Assessment," sponsored by the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD.

1/92

"Mexico's New Politics in the United States," Latino Leaders Workshop, sponsored by the California-Mexico Project, University of Southern California.

12/91

"Parties, Elections and Political Change in Mexico," sponsored by Brown University's Center for Latin American Studies, Providence, Rhode Island.

10/91

"Mexico's National Solidarity Program (Pronasol)" at the RAND Corporation and the University of Southern California, as a guest speaker for USC's California-Mexico Project, Los Angeles, California.

9/91

Delivered a lecture on the National Solidarity Program (Pronasol) at the "Seminar on Domestic Politics," Center for International Studies, El Colegio de México.

11/90

"Political Change in Mexico under Salinas," Foreign Policy Institute, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.

8/90

"The Three Faces of Salinas: Perspectives on Economic and Political Reform," Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce, Mexico City.

4/90

Participant in a research seminar, "The Politics and Economics of Liberalization in Latin America," sponsored by the Inter-American Dialogue, Washington D.C.

3/90

"Economic Liberalization and Political Change in Mexico," research seminar "The Political Economy of the State in Latin America," Princeton University.

2/90

"Changes and Perspectives in the Mexican Political Scenario," as part of the seminar "Economic Perspectives for the Business Community," sponsored by the American Chamber of Commerce, Mexico City.

2/89

"Mexico and the United States: the California Connection," seminar sponsored by the Master's Degree Program in International Journalism, USC.

5/85

"Neoconservatism and Politics in the Reagan Era; Implications for Mexico," as part of a lecture series sponsored by the U.S.-Mexico Program, El Colegio de México.

“México: del predominio del PRI a la democracia dividida,” in Jorge Domínguez and Michael Shifter, (eds.), Construcción de gobernabilidad democrática en América Latina, México, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2005.

“México: cojeando hacia atrás”, Revuelta, No. 1.

“Reformar para gobernar,” en Manuel Camacho Solís y Diego Valadés (coordinadores), Gobernabilidad democrática: qué reforma?”, México: UNAM, 2005.

“Mexico under Fox”, Current History, February 2005.

“Vidas divididas: la realidad binacional de los migrantes mexicanos” en Enriqueta Cabrera (coord.), Moverse para mejorar: el reto de la migración mexicana, (de próxima publicación).

“Dilemas de la Democracia Dividida,” en Alejandro Poiré, Federico Estévez y Alejandro Moreno, (coords.), México 2003, Editorial Planeta (de próxima publicación).

Gritos y susurros: Experiencias Intempestivas de 38 mujeres”, (coordinadora), México: Grijalbo, 2004.

“Latin American Leaders: From Boyfriends to Husbands,” Inter-American Dialogue, 2003.

“Mexico at Mid-term: From Delirium to Disappointment,” Woodrow Wilson Center Working Papers.

“Mexico: From PRI Predominance to Disheveled Democracy,” in Jorge I. Domínguez and Michael Shifter, (eds.), Constructing Democratic Governance, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

“Mexico and the Western Hemisphere: Revising its Role,” in Riordan Roett, (ed.), The Western Hemisphere in the 21st Century: Challenge or Opportunity, (forthcoming).

“Why the PRI Lost,” in Minxin Pei, (ed.), The Fall of Dominant Party Regimes, Carnegie Endowment for International Pleace and China Reform Forum, (forthcoming).

Book review, Asalto a Palacio, by Guillermo Cantú, in Foreign Policy, January/February 2002.

Mexico Transforming, Pacific Council on International Policy, 2000 (Member of the drafting team that produced the monograph).

Book review, La Herencia: Arqueologia de la Sucesion Presidencial en Mexico by Jorge G. Castaneda, in Foreign Policy, No. 116, Fall 1999.

"Post-NAFTA Politics in Mexico," in Carol Wise (ed.), The Post-NAFTA Political Economy: Mexico and the Western Hemisphere, University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998.

Co-authored with Rossana Fuentes Berain, “How the Mexican Press Covers the United States: The Seven Deadly Sins,” The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 1998.

“Mexico After the July 6 Election: Neither Heaven nor Hell,” Current History, February 1998.

"Falling From the Tightrope: The Political Economy of the Crisis,” in Sebastian Edwards and Moisés Naim, (eds.) Mexico 1994: Anatomy of an Emerging Market Crash, Washington D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1998.

Book review, Salinas y su Imperio, by Julio Scherer in Foreign Policy, Number 110, Spring 1998.

“En busca de la legitimidad perdida: PRONASOL, pobreza y política en el gobierno de Salinas,” en Gabriel Martínez, (comp.), Pobreza y Política Social en México, Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1997.

"Mexico: Uneasy, Uncertain, Unpredictable," Current History, February 1997.

“Democracy, Markets, and the Mexican Crisis,” Constructing Democracy and Markets: East Asia and Latin America, International Forum for Democratic Studies and Pacific Council on International Policy, 1996.

"Twilight of the Perfect Dictatorship: The Decline of One-Party Rule in Mexico," in Jorge Domínguez and Abraham Lowenthal, (eds.), Challenges to Democratic Governance in Latin America, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.

"Treading Lightly and Without a Stick: International Actors and the Promotion of Democracy in Mexico," in Tom Farer (ed.) The Limits of Sovereignty and the Collective Defense of Democracy in Latin America, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.

"Five Scenarios for Mexico," Journal of Democracy, Vol. 5, No. 3, July 1994.

"Embellishment, Empowerment, or Euthanasia of the PRI? Neoliberalism and Party Reform in Mexico," in Kevin Middlebrook, Juan Molinar, and María Cook, (eds.), The Politics of Economic Restructuring in Mexico, La Jolla: University of California, San Diego, 1994.

"Bringing the Poor Back In: Poverty Alleviation and Regime Legitimacy in Mexico," in Wayne Cornelius, Ann Craig, and Jonathan Fox, (eds.), Transforming State-Society Relations in Mexico: The National Solidarity Strategy La Jolla: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD 1994.

"Pronasol y Política: El Combate a la Pobreza como Fórmula de Gobernabilidad," en Félix Vélez y Eduardo Andere (coord.), Políticas Públicas de Combate a la Pobreza," México: Fondo de Cultura Económica-ITAM, 1994.

"Exporting Conflict: Transboundary Consequences of Mexican Politics," in Abraham Lowenthal and Katrina Burgess, (eds.), The California-Mexico Connection, Stanford University Press, 1993.

Neopopulist Solutions to Neoliberal Problems: Mexico's National Solidarity Program, Current Issue Brief, La Jolla: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, No. 3, 1991.

"La Nueva Política Mexicana en Estados Unidos," Estados Unidos: Informe Trimestral, México: Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Vol. I, Núm. 4, October-December 1991.

Syndicated columnist for the Mexican newspaper Reforma, the Los Angeles newspaper La Opinion, and the Chicago newspaper Hoy.

Syndicated columnist for the Mexican news weekly Proceso.

Regular contributor to the editorial page of the Los Angeles Times.

Interviewed regularly on Mexican politics by National Public Radio, CNN, CBS, CBC and NBC.

Producer of the television mini-series “Gritos y susurros” on Televisa (May 2005).

Commentator for the radio program “La frontera de cristal,” W Radio (1997-2005).

Host of the political talk show “Entre Versiones,” Canal 40, 1998-1999.

Political commentator for “Mesa Politica,” Radio Red, 1995-1997.

Political commentator for “Detras de la Noticia,” 1997-1999.

“Marta en la Mira,” preface to the book, Simplemente Martita, by Guadalupe Loaeza, México: Plaza y Janés, 2004.

“Mexico and the United States: The End of the Affair,” San Jose Mercury News Outlook, November 2003.

“La presidencia como espectáculo,” Hoja por Hoja, March 3, 2001, No.46.

“Los libros políticos del año,” Hoja por Hoja, October 2, 1999.

“Los retos de la oposición,” Coyuntura, March, 1998.

“Las elecciones del 6 de julio,” Conciencia Mexicana, Winter, 1997.

Political commentator for "La Opción," Radiópolis, Mexico City, 1995-1996.

Political commentator for "Just for the Record," Express Radio, Mexico City, 1993-1994.

“Why Mexico Wants Weld,” The New York Times, August 2, 1997

"Corresponsales y Caos," Enfoque, May 1996.

"First Person: Interview with Denise Dresser," Mexico Business, April 1995.

"Requiem Para Bill Clinton: Las Elecciones de 1994," Enfoque, 20 November 1994.

"The Impending Elections: The Only Certainty is Uncertainty," NACLA Report of the Americas, Volume XXVIII, No. 1, July/August 1994.

"La promoción internacional de la democracia en México," Este País, July 1994.

Participant in two roundtables on Mexican politics, La Opinion, 15 January and 25 March 1994.

"Merece sobrevivir Solidaridad?," Sección Ideas, Excélsior, 6 October 1993.

"Pobreza y Presidencia," Mira, September 1993.

"El Leviatán Paradójico: Notas sobre el Nuevo Estado Mexicano," Suplemento Zona Abierta, El Financiero, November 1992.

"Pronasol: Los Dilemas de la Gobernabilidad," El Cotidiano, July 1992.

Interviewed regarding the political economy of North American Free Trade on "Mundo Empresarial," Radio Mundo, Mexico City, October 9, 1992 and December 13, 1991.

The Politics of Solidarity," Business Mexico, October 1991.

"XIV Asamblea del PRI: Balance Preliminar," coauthored with John Bailey and Leopoldo Gómez, La Jornada, special supplement, September 26, 1990.

"Rollos Negros de una Dama Blanca" on Jeane Kirkpatrick's Dictatorship and Double Standards, "Y el Imperio Siguió Cayendo," on Pablo González Casanova (ed.), Estados Unidos Hoy, February 1985, Nexos:

Member of the Editorial Board, Latin American Research Review, 2000-2004.

Member, UCLA Council on Mexico.

Member of the Latin American Studies Association.

Member of the International Studies Association.

Member of the Pacific Council on International Policy.

Member of the Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales.

Member of the Advisory Board, Este País.

Member of the Research Council on Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy.

Member of Latin American Speakers.

Member of the Advisory Board, Transnational Research Corporation.

Member of the Advisory Board for the Americas, Human Rights Watch.

Member of the Editorial Board, Fondo de Cultura Económica.

Member of the Global Affairs Board, Occidental College.

Member of the Board, General Service Foundation.

Member, Project Syndicate, University of California, Berkeley.

Member of the Citizens’ Support Committee for the Special Prosecutor for Political and Social Movements of the Past (2001-2004).