North America Next
“North America Next: A Report to President Obama on Building Sustainable Security and Competitiveness”
February 10, 2009, 10:00am
National Press Club, Washington, DC
To spur thinking about North America, on the morning of February 10, 2009 the North American Center for Transborder Studies (NACTS) at Arizona State University will formally release the findings of a year-long effort, “North America Next: A Memo to President Obama on Building Sustainable Security and Competitiveness” as part of the National Press Club's "Morning Newsmaker" program in Washington, DC.
Speakers at the Newsmaker event included NACTS Director Rick Van Schoik, Mexican Embassy Head of Economic Affairs Antonio Ortiz Mena, Roberta Jacobson, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Canada, Mexico and NAFTA, and Colin Robertson, a senior Canadian diplomat currently directing Canada-US project at Carleton University in Ottawa. Download the speakers' bios here.
The objective of this initiative, which was undertaken by NACTS with the input of its trinational Board of Advisors, its faculty advisors and a large group of private and public sector partners, is to promote a more cooperative, secure, sustainable, and competitive North America. The release of the recommendations is timed to coincide with the new President and his administration settling in and searching for details and implementation mechanisms for their visions.
Download an executive summary of the report
Download press release on the report
Download National Press Club ''MORNING NEWSMAKER” flyer
Selected Media Coverage of North America Next
"Obama Administration Urged to 'Seize North American Opportunities' on Security and Competitiveness," Reuters, Feb. 10, 2009
Piden a Obama renovar relaciones con México y Canadá - Associated Press, Feb. 10, 2009
Urgen a Obama para resolver la congestión en las fronteras - Diario Las Americas, Feb 10, 2009
El gobierno de EU rectifica: México no es Estado fallido El Universal (México), - Feb. 11, 2009
