Alvaro Mendez

Awards

In 2003-2004, Dr. Mendez won the Departmental Teaching Prize in recognition of his contribution to teaching in International Relations at the LSE.

Experience Keywords

China in Latin America; Latin American Politics; Pacific Alliance; US Foreign Policy; foreign policy analysis; global south politics; political economy of development.

Research Summary

Dr. Mendez is the co-founder of the LSE Global South Unit (with Prof. Chris Alden). He is the former editor of Millennium-Journal of International Studies at the London School of Economics. He is the co-author (with Marco Vieira) of UN Security Council Reform and the Challenge of South Representation (SAIIA 2009).

Dr. Mendez is also the creator and unit owner of the Politics of Latin America seminar at the School of Sociology, Politics, and International Studies (SPAIS) at the University of Bristol, an advanced studies module specifically designed to raise the profile of Latin America studies in the field of International Relations in the UK.

He is regularly called upon to contribute his insights to research conferences and to the press on the new emerging role of Latin America as an important actor in world politics.

Research Countries

Chile; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico; Peru; USA

Languages

French [Spoken: Basic, Written: Intermediate]; Spanish [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]