Armand B. Peschard-Sverdrup

Armand Peschard-Sverdrup is a senior associate at CSIS and the CEO of Peschard-Sverdrup & Associates. He served at CSIS for more than 13 years, where he was director of the Mexico Project. As director, he analyzed Mexico’s domestic politics and U.S.-Mexican relations, with emphasis on trade and investment, national security, border security, and the broad range of issues that encompass the bilateral relationship. He also directed the CSIS North American Futures 2025 Project and is an expert on the strategic priorities of the three nations that make up North America. Peschard-Sverdrup frequently briefs administration officials, members of Congress, and corporate officers. He is a guest lecturer at the Mexican Advanced Area Studies Seminar at the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. Department of State, the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., and the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, Ontario. His recent publications include The Future of North America, 2025: Outlook for Security (CSIS, forthcoming); The Merida Initiative: Why it Must Succeed (AEI, 2008); Mexican Governance: From Single-Party Rule to Divided Government, coeditor (CSIS, 2005); U.S.-Mexico Border Security and the Evolving Security Relationship (CSIS, 2004); Managing Mexican Migration to the United States (CSIS, 2004); and Forecasting Mexico’s Democratic Transition: Scenarios for Policymakers (CSIS, 2003). He contributed the foreword to Roderic Camp’s Mexico’s Military on the Democratic Stage (Praeger, 2005). Prior to joining CSIS, Peschard-Sverdrup was senior consultant with Econolynx International in Ottawa, Canada. He graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa with a degree in political science and economics and did his graduate work at the Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.