Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2 "Principled Pragmatism": An Approach to Study Foreign Policy
Chapter 3. Mexico's Foreign Policy in the XIX Century: The Origins of Principled Pragmatism 1821-1853
Chapter 4. The "Reform" Period and the Porfirio Diaz Administration 1853-1910: The beginning of the Mexican Principled Pragmatism
Chapter 5. The Revolutionary Phase and the Nationalistic Foreign Policy 1910-1934
Chapter 6. Pragmatism and Nationalism in Mexico's Foreign Policy during the Cardenas administration and the Second World War 1934-1946
Chapter 7. Principled Pragmatism in Mexico´s Foreign Policy during the First Years of the Cold War (1946-1970)
Chapter 8. Activist Foreign Policy, Oil Impetus and Economic Crisis (1970-1988)
Chapter 9. Mexico's Foreign Policy after the end of the Cold War: A New Neoliberal Economic Pragmatism 1988-2000
Chapter 10. Changes in the Political System and a New Principled-Pragmatic Foreign Policy 2000-2018
Chapter 11. Principled Pragmatism under a Leftist Administration: The Foreign Policy of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
Chapter 12. Conclusions

This book explores Mexico's foreign policy using the 'principled pragmatism' approach. It describes and explains main external actions from the country's independence in the nineteenth century to Andrés Manuel López Obrador's administration. The principal argument is that Mexico has resorted to principled pragmatism due to geographic, historical, economic, security, and political reasons. In other words, the nation uses this instrument to deal with the United States, defend national interests, appease domestic groups, and promote economic growth. The key characteristics of Mexico's principled pragmatism in foreign policy are that the nation projects a double-edged diplomacy to cope with external and domestic challenges at the same time. This policy is mainly for domestic consumption, and it is also linked to the type of actors that are involved in the decision-making process and to the kind of topics included in the agenda. This principled pragmatism is related to the nature of the intention: principism is deliberate and pragmatism is forced; and this policy is used to increase Mexico's international bargaining power. Rafael Velazquez-Flores is Professor of International Relations at the School of Economics and International Relations, University of Baja California, Mexico. He has taught International Relations in several Mexican universities at graduate and undergraduate levels. He has been a visiting professor at the Pablo Olavide University in Seville, Spain; Friedrich-Alexander-Universität in Erlangen, Germany; and the Maastricht Center for Transatlantic Studies, The Netherlands. His research interests focus on Mexican foreign policy, U.S.-Mexican relations, and.