Richard Kilroy, nonresident scholar in the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico and associate professor of politics at Coastal Carolina University; and Abelardo Rodriguez Sumano, professor and researcher at Universidad Iberoamericana, discuss the key drivers impacting national security and defense relations between the United States and Mexico and offer possible scenarios for the future, along with policy recommendations to support the avoidance of conflict. Their paper, "Avoiding Conflict? United States and Mexico Future Security and Defense Scenarios", is available here. The edited volume "The Future of US-Mexico Relations: Strategic Foresight" is available at Arte Publico Press. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico visit our website at https://www.bakerinstitute.org/USMEX , and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn. To join our mailing list, please subscribe here and make sure to opt-in to "Center for the U.S. and Mexico Communications."