Stephen Kelly CV

Other The Houston Chronicle · June 20, 2018 Featured Publication No issue better demonstrates our nation’s interdependence with Mexico than water. ... Link to item Cite

Will America Lose Canada?

Other The New York times on the Web · June 11, 2018 Featured Publication It’s not every day you see an American president trade a two-century relationship with a reliable neighbor for what could amount to a one-night stand with a ruthless dictator in Singapore. Mr. Trump may well think bullying Canada is cost-free. After all, t ... Link to item Cite

Mexico Wants to Help Harvey Victims. Trump Should Say Yes.

Other The New York times on the Web · August 31, 2017 Mexico has helped the U.S.cope with hurricanes before. We should not let politics prevent us from accepting their help with Harvey. ... Link to item Cite

The Rodney Dangerfield of North America

Other The Huffington Post · June 26, 2017 Canada doesn't get the respect it deserves. ... Link to item Cite

Forget a Wall. There’s a Better Way to Secure the Border.

Other The New York times on the Web · January 13, 2017 Featured Publication The best way to secure our border is not to wall off our continental neighbors, as the president-elect has promised to do with Mexico, but to actively engage them. ... Link to item Cite

Kicking Greece Out of a Borderless Europe

Other The Huffington Post · September 14, 2015 Featured Publication Has Greece, the easternmost portal to a borderless Europe, done its job to protect the continent's southeastern flank? And if not, should it be kicked out of the Schengen Zone before Europe's historic experiment with seamless internal travel collapses? ... Link to item Cite

When Mexicans crossed our border to feed Americans in need

Other Washington Post (Washington, D.C. : 1974) · August 28, 2015 Featured Publication If this doesn’t sound like the Mexico you’ve been hearing about lately — the one that has been ripping America off, the one that sends rapists and criminals across the border — you might want to consider this little-known gesture of humanity from our abuse ... Link to item Cite

What Donald Trump Could Learn From the Korean DMZ

Other The New York Times · August 20, 2015 Featured Publication Mr. Trump notes in his immigration reform proposal that “A nation without borders is not a nation.” The North Koreans agree, and they have a lot of experience in secure borders. I urge him to examine closely how this has worked out for them. ... Link to item Cite

Tips for the Short-Term China Expat: Coping With Crowds, Money, Malware and More

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Our DMZ With Mexico

Other The Huffington Post · June 2, 2015 When one of the world's most hostile boundaries starts to look good in any respect compared to our border with Mexico, we have probably taken our obsession with border security too far. ... Link to item Cite

Why It’s Almost Impossible to Find a Postcard in China

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How the Carolinas Fixed Their Blurred Lines

Other The New York Times · August 23, 2014 Interstate border fights can get ugly. Two states found a better way. ... Link to item Cite

A Bend in the River

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Bonjour America!

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China vs. Keystone in Canada oil sands

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Taking a Nafta Approach to Immigration

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Good Neighbor, Bad Border

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America’s Foreign Service: Soldiers Without Guns

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Time to Give Canada Some Respect

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How a Long-Lost Soldier’s Survival Story Riveted—and Confounded—’70s Japan

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At the U.S.-Mexico border, avoiding a water war