Pamela K. Starr

Pamela K. Starr is a Senior Advisor to Monarch Global Strategies LLC, a consultant to U.S. intelligence agencies and diplomats, a Professor of the Practice of International Relations and Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California, and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Inter-American Dialogue’s Mexico Program. Her work has focused on Mexican politics, economics, and foreign policy; U.S.-Mexico relations; and the politics of economic policymaking for over 30 years. Dr. Starr has a deep understanding of Mexico—its politics, policymaking, institutional structure, macroeconomy, and culture. This knowledge is reflected in numerous articles, book chapters, and policy reports on Mexico and its relations with the United States. She is also the author of The Making of Mexico: Revolution, Reform, and Transformation, a book examining the historical roots and unwritten rules that shape Mexico’s politics, economy, foreign policy, and institutions, including under its current political regime.

Dr. Starr was previously a senior Latin America analyst at the Eurasia Group, where she headed up the Mexico practice. She provided political risk analysis and scenario planning for public-sector and private clients, ranging from hedge funds and investment banks to energy companies and manufacturing and consumer product firms. Prior to joining the Eurasia Groups, she was a professor of Latin American political economy at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in Mexico City from 1997 to 2005.

Dr. Starr has advised a U.S. Secretary of State and Mexican Foreign Minister, the Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs and the Mexican Assistant Secretary for North American Affairs, ambassadors from both countries, and many other government officials from both sides of the border. She has testified before the U.S. Congress and spoken in a wide range of venues, including the International Monetary Fund, World Economic Forum, Inter-American Development Bank, the Mexico Business Summit, the Mexican Banking Association, and the American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico.