The Center for Binational Institutions' mission is to promote a better understanding of the bilateral institutions between Mexico and the United States.

The global reality has become more interconnected over the last decades. This growing interconnection is especially relevant when it comes to bordering countries like Mexico and the United States. These two nations share a complex history of collaboration and challenges. In recent years, the reliance on bilateral institutions to maintain a stable, positive, and functional relationship between these two nations is more important than ever. 

​The Center for Binational Institutions (CBI) produced a framework that encloses the current U.S.-Mexico institutional architecture. Within this framework, the four pillar binational institutions from which the binational relations can be understood and analyzed are: agreements, organizations, mechanisms, and programs. The results of approaching binational issues through binational institutions are better analysis and more objective policy recommendations.