RAFAEL FERNÁNDEZ DE CASTRO M.
Curriculum Vitae
Cataratas 60–2Col. Ampliación Alpes
México, D.F., 01710
MEXICO
Tel. +52 (55) 5593.9519
E-Mail rfernandezdecastro@gmail.com

Current Position2017 -Director of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies (USMEX),
University of California, San Diego

1991 – Present

Professor at Department of International Studies,
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico, ITAM.
Teaching during the Spring semesters.

Professional Experience

Fall 2014 – Fall 2016

Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-US
Relations, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs,
Syracuse University, teaching during the Fall semesters.

2011 - 2013

Project Director, UNDP Human Development Report forLatin America 2013-2014, ​Citizen Security with a Human Face:
Diagnoses and Proposals for Latin America
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Jun. 2008 – Feb. 2011

Principal Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of Mexico.

Sep. – Dec. 2008

Coordinator, Democracy and Foreign Policy Commission
President of Mexico.

Jul. 2007 – Jan. 2008

R. F. Kennedy Visiting Professor of Latin American Affairs,Harvard University.

2004 - Present

Founder and Co-director, ​U.S. - Mexico Futures Forum​,
University of California, Berkeley and ITAM.
Sponsored by the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.

2003 - Present

Founder and Board Chair of the Inter-American Studies
Center (CEPI) at ITAM, sponsored by the Ford Foundation.

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2000 - 2008

Founder and editor, Chair, Board of Directors.
Foreign Affairs Latin America​.

1998 - 1999

Visiting Senior Fellow, Brookings Inst., Washington, D.C.

Summers 1997 - 2007

Research Fellow at Carleton University, Canada; Georgetown
University, Inter-American Dialogue, Washington D.C.;
Migration Policy Institute, Washington D.C.; Universidad
Autónoma de Barcelona; University of California, Berkeley.

1990 – 1995

Career Officer, Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

1989 - 1990

Deputy Director, North America Desk
Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Education
Ph.D. Political Science, 1995.
Georgetown University.
Dissertation title: ​Cooperation in U.S.-Mexican Relations: An Emerging Process ofInstitutionalization​.
M.P. Aff., Public Policy, 1986.
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin.
Thesis title: ​The Mexican Government's Influence on the Outcome of U.S. Legislation​.
B.A. Social Sciences, 1981.
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico (ITAM).
Thesis title: ​La Organización Burocrática del Gobierno de la Ciudad de México
(The Bureaucratic Organization of the Mexico City Government).
Awards and scholarships
2012

Governor General of Canada Medallion
for Extraordinary Contribution to Mexico-Canada Relations

2007

Public Service Award and Notable Alumnus
Lyndon B Johnson School, University of Texas at Austin​.

2006

Professional Merit - Carrera al Universo,Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).

1996 - Present

Member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers (SNI).
Level II Member since 2006.

1998 - 1999

Fulbright Scholarship for Brookings Institution Fellowship.

Instituto

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1988 - 1989

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Scholarship and Georgetown University Fellowship.

1984 - 1986

University of Texas Armand Hammer Fellowship.

1984 - 1986

Fulbright Scholarship, Graduate Studies in the United States.

Selected Organizational Affiliations
2013

Coordinator, ​Agenda Council for Citizen Security in Latin America
World Economic Forum2012

Member, Task Force on U.S.- Mexico Relations
The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands and the Woodrow
Wilson Center for Scholars.

2012

Member, Task Force on U.S. - Mexico Relations
Inter-American Dialogue.

2011 - Present

Member
U.S. Global Agenda Council​.

2011 - Present

Member, Latin America Studies Program Board Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars.

2009 - Present

Member, ​Regional Council on Latin America
World Economic Forum.

2007 - Present

Member, Advisory Board, Mexico Institute
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

2007 - 2008

Advisor to Mexico’s First Lady, Ms. Margarita Zavala, ontopics related to migrant youth.

2006 - 2008

Chair, Advisory Board
National Institute of Migration (INAMI).

2004 – 2005

Vice-President
Mexican International Studies Association (AMEI).

2003 - 2008

MemberInternational Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), UK

2002 - Present

Member (Vice-President, 2002 - 2006)
Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI).

2001 - 2005

Member, Advisory Board

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National Population Council (CONAPO).

2000 - 2008

Member, Advisory Board
National Institute of Migration (INAMI).

1998 - Present

MemberMexican International Studies Association (AMEI).

1997 – Present

MemberLatin American Studies Association (LASA).

1994 - Present

Research Director
North American Committee, ITAM.

Selected Media
2016 – Present

Special Contributor, ​Proceso Magazine

2016 – Present

Weekly Commentary, ​Al Cierre2014 – Present

Bimonthly, Columnist, ​El Financiero.

2012 – Present

Weekly Commentary, ​Primero Noticias con Carlos Loret de Mola​.

2012 – 2016

Monthly Commentary, ​El Noticiero con Joaquín López Dóriga.

2006 – 2008

Bi-weekly columnist, ​Excelsior​.

Jan. – Dec. 2002

Host “Sin fronteras”, TV show, ​Canal 22​.

2001 – 2008

News commentator, ​Televisa​, TV & Radio.

2001 – 2006

Bi-weekly columnist, ​Proceso Magazine.

2000 – 2005

Bi-weekly columnist, ​Reforma​.

Selected Publications
Books
Rafael Fernández de Castro and Jorge I. Domínguez, ​Contemporary U.S. - Latin American
Relations. Cooperation or Conflict in the 21​st Century?​, Boston, Mass.: Routledge Press,
2016.
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Rafael Fernández de Castro and Jorge I. Domínguez, (Eds.), ​Contemporary U.S. - Latin
American Relations Series​, Boston, Mass.: Routledge Press, 2010. (The series consist of ninebooks written by Latin American and US authors).
Rafael Fernández de Castro and Jorge I. Domínguez, ​The United States and Mexico.
Between Partnership and Conflict​, Second Edition, Boston, Mass.: Routledge Press, 2009.
Rafael Fernández de Castro and Hazel Blackmore, (Eds.), ​¿Qué es Estados Unidos?, México:
Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2008.
Rafael Fernández de Castro and Rodolfo García Zamora, (Eds.), ​Las políticas migratorias en
los estados de México. Una evaluación, ​México: Miguel Ángel Porrúa-ITAM, 2007.
Rafael Fernández de Castro and Rodolfo García Zamora, (Eds.), ​El Programa 3 x 1 paraMigrantes. ¿Primera Política Transnacional en México?​, México: Miguel ÁngelPorrúa-ITAM, 2006.
Rafael Fernández de Castro and Erika Ruiz Sandoval, (Eds.), ​La agenda internacional deMexico 2006-2012. México en el mundo​, México: Editorial Ariel, 2006.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, Laurence Whitehead and Natalia Saltalamacchia, (Eds.), ​¿Somos
especiales? Las relaciones de Mexico and Gran Bretaña con Estados Unidos: una visión
comparada, ​México: Porrúa, 2006.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, Alberto Ortega Venzor and Miguel Barrio Gonzáles, (Eds.),
Hacia la profundización de la integración económica de México, ​México: Ibergop-ITAM,Porrúa, 2005.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, Antonio Ortiz Mena and Octavio Amorim Neto, (Eds.), ​Brasily México: encuentros y desencuentros, ​México: Foreign Affairs Ministry, 2005.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, (Co-ord.), ​En la frontera del imperio. México en el Mundo​,
México: Ariel, 2003.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, (Co-ord.), ​Cambio y continuidad en la política exterior deMéxico. México en el Mundo 2002​, México: Ariel, 2002.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, (Co-ord.), ​Los desafíos para México en 2001. México en elMundo​, México: Ariel, ITAM, 2001.
Rafael Fernández de Castro and Jorge I. Domínguez, ​The United States and Mexico.
Between Partnership and Conflict​, Boston, Mass.: Routledge Press, 2001.
Rafael Fernández de Castro and Jorge I. Domínguez, ​¿Socios o Adversarios?
México-Estados Unidos Hoy​, México: Océano, 2001.

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Rafael Fernández de Castro, (Co-ord.), ​U.S.-Mexico Binational Council: New Horizons inU.S.-Mexico Relations, ​Washington, D.C.: CSIS Press, 2001.
Rafael Fernández de Castro and Robert Pastor, (Eds.), ​El actor controvertido: el Congresode Estados Unidos y América del Norte​, México: Miguel Ángel Porrúa-ITAM, 2001.
Rafael Fernández de Castro and Beatriz Leycegui, (Eds.), ​¿Socios Naturales? Cinco años delTratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte​, México: Miguel Ángel Porrúa-ITAM,
1999.
Rafael Fernández de Castro and Robert Pastor, (Eds.), ​The U.S. Congress, The
Controversial Pivot of North America​, Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 1998.
Rafael Fernández de Castro and Olga Pellicer, (Eds.), ​México y Estados Unidos: las rutas dela cooperación​, México: Ministry of Foreign Affairs-ITAM, 1998.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, Mónica Verea and Sidney Weintraub, (Co-ords.), ​Nueva agenda
bilateral en la relación México-Estados Unidos​, México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1998.
Rafael Fernández de Castro and Claudia Franco, (Eds.), ​¿Qué son los Estados Unidos?,
México: McGraw-Hill, 1996.
Articles in Books
Rafael Fernández de Castro and Beatriz Leycegui, “Economic Statecraft through the Use ofTwo-Level Games”, in R. Hutchins and J. Suri, editors, ​Foreign Policy Breakthroughs: Cases
in Successful Diplomacy​, Oxford: University Press, 2015.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, “Decision Making in Mexican Foreign Policy”, in Jorge I.
Dominguez and Ana Covarrubias, editors, ​Routledge Handbook of Latin America in theWorld​, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, New York and London, 2015.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, “How Scholars Can Contribute to Policymaking: Lessons fromMexico”, in Abraham F. Lowenthal and Mariayno E. Bertucci, editors, ​Scholars,Policymakers, & International Affairs. Finding Common Cause​, John Hopkins UniversityPress, Baltimore, 2014.
Rafael Fernández de Castro and Diego Cándano Laris, “China: una relación prioritaria para
México en el futuro inmediato”, in Enrique Dussel Peters, coordinator, ​Cuarenta años de larelación entre México y China: acuerdos, desencuentros y futuro​, México: UNAM, 2012.
José Miguel Cruz, Rafael Fernández de Castro and Gema Santamaría Balmaceda, “PoliticalTransition, Social Violence, and Gangs: Cases in Central America and Mexico”, in Cynthia J.
Arnson (Ed.), ​In the Wake of War: Democratization and Internal Armed Conflict in Latin
America,​ ​Woodrow Wilson Center Press with Stanford University Press, 2012.

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Rafael Fernández de Castro, “La reforma migratoria en Estados Unidos”, in Agustín
Escobar & Susan F. Martin, (Co-ords.), ​La gestión de la migración México – Estados
Unidos: Un enfoque binacional​, México: INAMI – Ciesas, 2008.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, “La institucionalización de la relación intergubernamental: una
forma de explicar la cooperación”, in Mónica Verea and Sidnew Weintraub,(Co-ords.),​Nueva agenda bilateral de la relación México-Estados Unidos​, México: Fondo deCultura Económica, 2008.
Sydney Weintraub and Rafael Fernández de Castro, “México”, in Sydney Weintraub, ​Energy
Cooperation in the Western Hemisphere. Benefits and Impediments​, Washington, D.C.:
CSIS Press, 2006.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, “Aspectos políticos del futuro de la integración de México” and“El futuro de México en América del Norte: ¿cómo aprovechar nuestra vecindad?” inAlberto Ortega Venzor, Miguel Barrio Gonzáles, et. al., (Eds.), ​Hacia la profundización de laintegración económica de México, ​México: Ibergop - ITAM, Porrúa, 2005.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, “La diáspora mexicana: retos y oportunidades”, in Jorge
Alcocer V., (comp.), ​El voto de los mexicanos en el extranjero​, México: Nuevo Horizonte
Editores, 2005.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, “The operation of NAFTA and its impact on the bilateralrelation between Mexico and the United States”, in Sidney Weintraub, (Ed.) ​NAFTA’sImpact on North America. The First Decade​, Washington, D.C.: CSIS Press, 2004.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, Francisco Alba, Sidney Weintraub and Manuel García y Griego,"Responses to Migration Issues", in ​Binational Mexico-U.S. Migration Study​.
Governmental Report Published by the Commission for Immigration Reform and theMinistry of Foreign Affairs, 1998.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, “La institucionalización de la relación intergubernamental: una
forma de explicar la cooperación”, in Mónica Verea and Sidney Weintraub (Coords.), ​Nueva
agenda bilateral de la relación México-Estados Unidos, México: Fondo de Cultura
Económica, 1998.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, Dahlia Stein, and William B.P. Robson, "Características delProblema, Panorama General sobre Controversias Comerciales en América del Norte", inBeatriz Leycegui, Dahlia Stein and William B.P. Robson, (Eds.), ​Comercio a golpes, lasprácticas desleales de comercio internacional bajo el TLCAN​, México: Miguel Ángel
Porrúa-ITAM, 1997.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, "Perspectivas teóricas en los estudios de la relación
México-Estados Unidos," in Celia Toro y Olga Pellicer, (Eds.), ​Política Exterior de México,Enfoques para su Análisis​, México: El Colegio de México, 1997.

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Rafael Fernández de Castro, "Theoretical Considerations on U.S.-Mexico Cooperation:
NAFTA Parallel Agreements," in Charles Doran, (Ed.), ​A New North America​, New York:Prager, 1996.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, William B.P. Robson and S. Dahlia Stein, "What's the Fight
About? An Overview of Trade Disputes in North America," in Beatriz Leycegui, Dahlia
Stein and William B.P. Robson (Eds.), ​Trading Punches: Trade Remedy Law and Disputes
Under NAFTA​, Washington, D.C.: National Planning Association, 1995.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, "La Política Exterior ante la Modernización Económica
Salinista," in Luis Rubio and Arturo Fernández, (Eds.), ​México a la Hora del Cambio​,
México: Cal y Arena, 1995.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, "La industria siderúrgica mexicana ante el libre comercio en
América del Norte," in Georgina Kessel, (Ed.), ​Lo negociado del TLC: un análisis
económico sobre el impacto sectorial del Tratado Trilateral de Libre Comercio​, México:
McGraw-Hill, 1994.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, "El impacto en el sector siderúrgico de la integración delmercado norteamericano," in Eduardo Andere and Georgina Kessel, (Eds.), ​TLC Impacto
Sectorial​, México: McGraw-Hill, 1992.
ArticlesEnrique Desmond Arias, Rafael Fernández de Castro and Gema Santamaría Balmaceda,“Violencia en México: Mejor samba que cumbia,” ​Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica​, vol. 13,
number 1, January 2013.
Rafael Fernández de Castro and Michael Layton, “An Opportunity for Mexico’s New
President, Enrique Peña Nieto,” ​Americas Quarterly, ​November 2012.
José Miguel Cruz, Rafael Fernández de Castro, and Gema Santamaría Balmaceda, “PoliticalTransition, Social Violence, and Gangs: Cases in Central America and Mexico,” in Cynthia J.
Arnson ​In the Wake of War: Democratization and Internal Armed Conflict in Latin
America, ​Woodrow Wilson Center Press with Stanford University Press, 2012.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, “Transmigration in Mexico,” ​ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin
America,​ Winter 2012.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, “Demystifying the Maras,” co-author, ​Americas Quarterly​, Fall2007.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, “Seguridad y migración: un nuevo paradigm,” ​Foreign Affairs enEspañol​, vol. 6, number 4, October-December 2006.

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Rafael Fernández de Castro and Ana Paula Ordorica, “¿Adiós al laissez-faire migratorio?”
Nexos​, May 2006.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, “Hands across North America,” co-author, ​New York Times​,
March 2005.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, “La reelección de Bush: oportunidad para reactivar lasrelaciones,” ​Foreign Affairs en Español​, vol. 5, number 1, January-March 2005.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, “L’adhésion du Mexique á la position de la France: nécessité,affinités et ingénuité,” ​La revue internationale et stratégique​, number 53, Summer, 2004.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, “Míster Embajador,” ​Foreign Affairs en Español​, vol. 4, number 1,January-March 2004.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, “Entre la excepción y el compromiso: Bush ante AméricaLatina,” ​Foreign Affairs en Español​, vol. 1, number 1, Fall-Winter 2001.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, "The Mexican Government's Position on Migration: FromNon-Engagement to an Active Search for a New Understanding. Is it Worth it?" ​Immigrationin U.S.-Mexican Relations​, 1999.
Rafael Fernández de Castro, "La importancia del Congreso estadounidense en la relación
bilateral México-EUA," ​Cuadernos Semestrales del CIDE​, 1987.