Monday, June 17, 2013, 12:30 p.m. 

IIE will be hosting a luncheon and program of the Women’s Foreign Policy Group with author Shannon K. O'Neil on Monday, June 17, 12:30 p.m. at 809 UN Plaza/1st floor conference room.The program will be followed by a book signing with the author.  

Over seventy thousand people have been killed in narco-related crimes in Mexico in the past six years, but in her book, Shannon O'Neil shows us that there is far more to Mexico's story. She argues that "while thugs have been grabbing the headlines, Mexico has undergone an unprecedented and under-publicized political, economic, and social transformation." She calls our attention to Mexico’s globally competitive economy, rising middle class, and their increasingly influential pro-democracy voters, and outlines why these changes matter for the United States.

Dr. Shannon K. O'Neil, author of Two Nations Indivisible, is Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Her expertise includes US-Latin America relations, trade, energy, and immigration. O'Neil has testified before Congress on US policy toward Mexico and is a frequent TV and radio commentator. She has written numerous articles and her work has been published in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica, Americas Quarterly,  Foreign Policy, The Washington Post, LA Times, and USA Today. Her blog at www.shannononeil.com, analyzes developments in Latin America and US relations in the region. She has lived and worked in Mexico and Argentina, and travels extensively in Latin America. She was a Fulbright scholar; a Justice, Welfare, and Economics fellow at Harvard University; and has taught at Columbia University. Before turning to policy, O'Neil worked in the private sector as an equity analyst at Indosuez Capital and Credit Lyonnais Securities. She holds a BA and MA from Yale and a PhD in Government from Harvard.  

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