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A case for why regionalization, not globalization, has been the biggest economic trend of the past forty years The conventional wisdom about globalization is wrong. Over the past forty years as companies, money, ideas, and people went abroad more often than not, they looked regional rather than globally. O'Neil details this transformation and the rise of three major regional hubs in Asia, Europe, and North America. Current technological, demographic, and geopolitical trends look only to deepen these regional ties. O'Neil argues that this has urgent implications for the United States. Regionalization has enhanced economic competitiveness and prosperity in Europe and Asia. It could do the same for the United States, if only it would embrace its neighbors.

'Una excepcional historia política y económica del México contemporáneo.'Publishers Weekly Una frontera sin ley colmada de armas estadounidenses en manos mexicanas. Historias trágicas de migrantes que mueren en el desierto. Decapitaciones, secuestros y un conteo interminable de cuerpos. Estas historias sombrías han dominado los medios de comunicación y también han delineado la percepción de los estadounidenses sobre México como un país peligroso. Sin duda, la guerra contra las drogas es real: en los últimos años, más de 80 mil personas han muerto en crímenes relacionados con el narco. Sin embargo, la especialista en temas de política exterior Shannon O'Neil afirma: México es algo más que esa macabra narrativa. De ese modo, escondido entre los titulares de los periódicos, la autora encuentra un país que está pasando por vertiginosas transformaciones sociales, políticas y económicas, donde se gesta una oculta revolución de prosperidad. Se trata de un México combativo con personas, comunidades, compañías y actividades comerciales que en su gran mayoría están intrínsecamente vinculadas con Estados Unidos. Ahora, más que nunca, sostiene O'Neil, las dos naciones son indivisibles: se trata no sólo de que Estados Unidos construya una nueva relación con México alejada del antagonismo, como lo indica la vieja retórica, sino de que los estadounidenses reconozcan que su futuro depende en gran parte de la fuerza de ese lazo bilateral.

Five freshly decapitated human heads are thrown onto a crowded dance floor in western Mexico. A Mexican drug cartel dismembers the body of a rival and then stitches his face onto a soccer ball. These are the sorts of grisly tales that dominate the media, infiltrate movies and TV shows, and ultimately shape Americans'perception of Mexico as a dangerous and scary place, overrun by brutal drug lords. Without a doubt, the drug war is real. In the last six years, over 60,000 people have been murdered in narco-related crimes. But, there is far more to Mexico's story than this gruesome narrative would suggest. While thugs have been grabbing the headlines, Mexico has undergone an unprecedented and under-publicized political, economic, and social transformation. In her groundbreaking book, Two Nations Indivisible, Shannon K. O'Neil argues that the United States is making a grave mistake by focusing on the politics of antagonism toward Mexico. Rather, we should wake up to the revolution of prosperity now unfolding there. The news that isn't being reported is that, over the last decade, Mexico has become a real democracy, providing its citizens a greater voice and opportunities to succeed on their own side of the border. Armed with higher levels of education, upwardly-mobile men and women have been working their way out of poverty, building the largest, most stable middle class in Mexico's history. This is the Mexico Americans need to get to know. Now more than ever, the two countries are indivisible. It is past time for the U.S. to forge a new relationship with its southern neighbor. Because in no uncertain terms, our future depends on it.