Robert A. Pastor

Dr. Robert A. Pastor served as co-chair and a member of the 2005 Council on Foreign Relations' Independent Task Force on the Future of North America.

Pastor is a member of the board of directors of the North American Forum on Integration. He is also Vice President of International Affairs; Director, Center for Democracy and Election Management; Director, Center for North American Studies; and Professor of International Relations at American University. 

"From 1977 to 1981, he was Director of Latin American Affairs on the National Security Council. He is the author or editor of sixteen books, including Toward a North American Community: Lessons from the Old World to the New." 


 * Director, Council for a Community of Democracies
 * Member, Human Rights Watch Americas Advisory Committee
 * International Advisory Board, Democratization, the Journal

Articles, Reports & Testimony by Robert A. Pastor

 * "A Regional Development Policy for North America: Lessons from the Old World for the New," Department of Political Science, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, May 21, 2001. "Draft Paper to be presented to a Conference on 'NAFTA in the new Millennium', co-sponsored by the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, and the University of California, San Diego, May 21-25, 2001.
 * News Release: "A Blueprint for a North American Community," Institute for International Economics, August 30, 2001.
 * Invited Testimony of Dr. Robert A. Pastor, Goodrich C. White Professor Department of Political Science, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, Before the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, House of Commons, Government of Canada, Ottawa, February 7, 2002.
 * "A North American Community. A Modest Proposal To the Trilateral Commission," Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 1-2, 2002.
 * "Beyond Free Trade in North America: Narrowing the Development Gap." Paper adapted from the book and presented at a Conference at the Center for Mexican Studies, St. Antony's College, Oxford University, February 2003.
 * Testimony: "U.S. Policy toward the Western Hemisphere: Challenges and Opportunities," Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, October 21, 2003.
 * "North America's Second Decade," Foreign Affairs, January/February 2004.
 * Editor, "The Paramount Challenge for North America: Closing the Development Gap," Center for North American Studies, American University, Washington, D.C., March 24, 2005.
 * John Manley, Pedro Aspe, Robert A. Pastor, and William F. Weld, Transcript: "Building a North American Community: Report of the Independent Task Force on the Future of North America," Council on Foreign Relations, May 27, 2005.
 * "North America: Three Nations, a Partnership, or a Community?" Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series, Vol.5 No.13 June 2005; published by the European Union Commission.
 * "A North American Community Approach to Security." Testimony Invited by the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, June 9, 2005. Also posted by [[Free Republic] and Council on Foreign Relations.
 * "Breaking Out of the Box. Tensions are rising on both sides of the border, again. Yet the only real solution is one that North American leaders aren't talking about," Newsweek (MSNBC), March 21, 2006.
 * Testimony: "The U.S., Mexico, and North America," Before U.S. House of Representatives Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, April 26, 2006.
 * "Mexico's election lesson to U.S. The country's democracy looks messy on the outside, but its transparent system could teach us a few things," Los Angeles Times, July 8, 2006.

Published Works

 * Robert A. Pastor, "Toward a North American Community: Lessons from the Old World for the New," Institute for International Economics, August 2001 (Paperback), ISBN 0881323284.
 * "Redesigning NAFTA for the 21st Century" (Chapter 1).

Related SourceWatch Resources

 * North American Union / NAU-Related SourceWatch Resources

Profiles

 * Profile: Robert A. Pastor, American University.
 * Profile: Robert A. Pastor, Visiting Fellow, Institute for International Economics.
 * Full CV (pdf)

Articles & Commentary

 * "Building a North American Community." Report of an Independent Task Force, Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations with the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and the Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales, May 2005. (70-page pdf) List of Task Force members on page 9 and information on page 40.
 * Task Force Report: "Building a North American Community," Council on Foreign Relations Press, May 2005. Chairs: John P. Manley, Pedro Aspe, William F. Weld; Vice Chairs: Thomas P. D'Aquino, Andres Rozental, Robert A. Pastor.
 * John Manley, Pedro Aspe, Robert A. Pastor, and William F. Weld, Transcript: "Building a North American Community: Report of the Independent Task Force on the Future of North America," Council on Foreign Relations, May 27, 2005.
 * Jerome R. Corsi, "Meet Robert Pastor: Father of the North American Union," Human Events Online, July 25, 2006.