Rising Brazil Implications for World Order and International Institutions

Rising Brazil Implications for World Order and International Institutions A workshop co-sponsored by The Fundaỗóo Getulio Vargas and the Council on Foreign Relations Fundaỗóo Getulio Vargas Rio de Janeiro December 9-10, 2009 Biographies Sergio Besserman Sergio Besserman is senior economist and a professor of Economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) He received the BNDES award for best master dissertation in Economics and in 1989 joined BNDES’ team of professionals and became Strategic Planning Director Mr Besserman worked side by side with many BNDES presidents in the modernizing reform of the State apparatus and in the proposal for industry restructuring, which included cost cutting and management, as well as privatization He was the first director for BNDES Social Inclusion and Credit Area in 1997 Between 1999 and 2003, Besserman was president of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) He also has a longstanding interest in environmental issues and is a chairman of the national council of WWF-Brasil He was member of the Brazilian diplomatic mission at the Conference of Parties (COP and 7) of the UN Climate Change Convention and president of Pereira Passos Institute (IPP) Today he presides the Technical Chamber of Sustainable Development and Metropolitan Governance of Rio de Janeiro’s City hall Leslie Bethell Leslie Bethell is Emeritus Professor of Latin American History and Honorary Research Fellow of the Institute for the Study of the Americas University of London; Emeritus Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford; Senior Research Associate, Centro de Pesquisa e Documentaỗóo de Histúria Contemporõnea Brasil, Fundaỗóo Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro; and Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C He is a former Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London (1987-92) and former Director of the Centre for Brazilian Studies, University of Oxford (1997-2007) Professor Bethell's research has been principally in the field of nineteenth and twentieth-century Latin American – and especially Brazilian – political, social and cultural history His publications include The abolition of the Brazilian slave trade (Cambridge, 1970; Port trans 1976; nd Port trans., 2002), (editor, with Ian Roxborough) Latin America between the Second World War and the Cold War (Cambridge, 1992; Port trans 1996), The Paraguayan War (1864-1870) (London, 1996), (editor) Brasil: fardo passado, promessa futuro Dez ensaios sobre politica e sociedade brasileira (Rio de Janeiro, 2002), Brazil by British and Irish authors (Oxford, 2003), and (editor, with José Murilo de Carvalho) Joaquim Nabuco e os abolicionistas britânicos (Rio de Janeiro, 2008; Eng trans., 2009) He is Editor of the Cambridge History of Latin America (12 volumes, 1984-2008), in which he is the author or co-author of two chapters on Brazil 1808-50 and four chapters on politics in Brazil 1930-2002 The Cambridge History of Latin America is also being published in Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese Marcel Fortuna Biato Ambassador Marcel Fortuna Biato is Deputy Assistant to the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Ambassador Biato served as political officer at the London Embassy (1987-90) and the Consulate-General in Berlin (1990-1994) He also served as legal advisor to the country’s Mission to the United Nations (1999-2002) In the Foreign Ministry, he has covered Latin American and military issues, having been advisor to the Brazilian principal during the Peru-Ecuador peace negotiations (1995-1998) He holds a Masters in Political Sociology from the London School of Economics (1989) Ambassador Biato has published articles on Latin American politics, Brazilian foreign policy, global governance, the International Criminal Court and the Law of the Sea Rubens Cysne Rubens Penha Cysne has been a Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of Economics of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (EPGE/FGV) since 1985 He holds a PhD in Economics from the EPGE/FGV and a Post-Doc from the University of Chicago, where he has also been as a Visiting Scholar between 1999 and 2004 Professor Rubens Penha Cysne was awarded the Losango Prize for the best Doctoral Dissertation in Economics in 1985 and the Haralambos Simeonidis Prize (with coauthors) for the best article in economics in 1987 He is a former Research Director of the EPGE/FGV, Developer and Director of the Reform-of-State Research Center at the FGV, Developer and Director of the Antitrust Research Center at the FGV and Member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Rio de Janeiro Since 1995, Professor Cysne is responsible for public consulting projects at FGV in the areas of econometric forecasting, public finance, project evaluation, growth and budgetary process He has served as consultant to the Central Bank of Brazil, as well as to the Secretary of the Treasury and to the Secretary of Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Finance of Brazil He has also worked as eventual consultant to international organizations like the World Bank and the CEPAL/ECLAC His academic publications include, besides several books published in Brazil and abroad, academic peer-reviewed articles in the Review of Economics and Statistics; Journal of Money, Credit and Banking; Journal of Banking and Finance; Journal of Development Economics; International Journal of Finance and Economics, as well as in several other Brazilian and foreign academic journals Monica Hirst Monica Hirst is professor of International Politics at Universidad Torcuato di Tella, Argentina Her publications include: Argentina - Brasil: el largo camino de la integracion, with Maria da Conceiỗóo Tavares (Buenos Aires : Legasa, 1988); Argentina-Brasil: Perspectivas Comparativas Y Ejes De Integracion (1990); The United States And Brazil: a long road of unmet expectation (2004), with Andrew Hurrell (published in Portuguese with the title Brasil e Estados Unidos: desencontros e afinidades by Editora FGV in 2009) She is Editor of the Crisis del Estado e intervención internacional (Edhasa: 2009), in which she is the author of the introduction and one chapter on South-American intervention in Haiti Andrew Hurrell Andrew Hurrell is Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at Oxford University and a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford His research interests cover theories of international relations, with particular reference to international law and institutions; theories of global and regional governance; and the history of thought on international relations He also has a longstanding interest in Latin America and in the role of developing countries in international relations He is currently working on emerging powers and global order, focusing on the policies of Brazil and India towards international institutions including in the areas of international trade, climate change, and nuclear proliferation Recent publications include: On Global Order: Power, Values and the Constitution of International Society (2007); and ‘Hegemony, Liberalism and Global Order: What Space for Would-be Great Powers?’ International Affairs 82, (January 2006): 1-19 Previous publications include: Inequality, Globalization and World Politics (1999, co-edited with Ngaire Woods); Order and Justice in International Relations (2003, co-edited with Rosemary Foot and John Gaddis); Regionalism in World Politics Regional Organization and International Order (1995, co-edited with Louise Fawcett) Charles Kupchan Charles Kupchan is adjunct senior fellow for Europe studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) He is also professor of international affairs at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University Kupchan was director for European affairs at the National Security Council (NSC) during the first Clinton administration Before joining the NSC, he worked in the U.S Department of State on the policy planning staff Prior to government service, he was an assistant professor of politics at Princeton University He is the author of The End of the American Era: U.S Foreign Policy and the Geopolitics of the Twenty-first Century (2002), Power in Transition: The Peaceful Change of International Order (2001), Civic Engagement in the Atlantic Community (1999), Atlantic Security: Contending Visions (1998), Nationalism and Nationalities in the New Europe (1995), The Vulnerability of Empire (1994), The Persian Gulf and the West (1987), and numerous articles on international and strategic affairs Kupchan received a BA from Harvard University and MPhil and DPhil degrees from Oxford University He has served as a visiting scholar at Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs, Columbia University’s Institute for War and Peace Studies, the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, the Centre d’Étude et de Recherches Internationales in Paris, and the Institute for International Policy Studies in Tokyo Georges D Landau Georges D Landau is a Brazilian lawyer and administrator who has practiced law in Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia and been an adviser to several Brazilian Cabinet ministers, including the Minister for External Relations Mr Landau spent 27 years as an international civil servant, mostly in Washington, D.C., with the Organization of American States and the Inter-American Development Bank, serving as European representative for the IDB from 1983 through 1989, based in Paris Subsequently, he was a consultant to the United Nations and the World Bank, with assignments in Africa, Asia and Latin America He returned to Brazil in 1992 as president of Hill and Knowlton Brasil, the local subsidiary of an international public affairs firm, and in late 1994 he started his own firm, Prismax Consulting, specializing in government relations for foreign companies operating in Brazil Mr Landau taught international economic relations for many years at universities in Brazil, the United States, and Italy, and has contributed articles on law, politics, economics, and foreign affairs to a variety of journals in Latin America, the United States and Europe He is a board member of the Foundation for Foreign Trade Studies and the U.S.-Brazil Business Council He also serves as Managing Director of Menas Associates, a British energy consultancy, for Brazil and the Mercosul countries and is the editor of their monthly newsletters Brazil Focus and Bolivia Politics & Security He is also a Senior Counsellor to CEBRI, the Brazilian Center on International Relations, with HQ in Rio de Janeiro, and a Senior Associate of the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC He holds both an M.P.A, and an LL.M from Harvard University Maria Regina Soares de Lima Maria Regina Soares de Lima is a professor at the Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas Rio de Janeiro (IUPERJ) She holds a PhD in Political Science from Vanderbilt University (1986) Her research interests cover Brazilian Foreign Policy and foreign trade She is author of A Agenda Sul- Americana: Mudanỗas e Desafios no Inớcio Sộculo XXI with Marcelo Vasconcelos Coutinho (Brasilia: Fundaỗóo Alexandre Gusmóo, 2007); Brasil, Índia e África Sul: Desafios e Oportunidades para Novas Parcerias with Mônica Hirst (Paz e Terra, 2009); Os BRICs e a Ordem Global with Andrew Hurrel, Monica Hirst, Neil MacFarlene, Amrita Narlikar and Rosemary Foot In 2002, she was the coordinator of the Human Sciences area of the Support Fund for Researches from Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) and a member of the editorial board of the Foreign Affairs en Español James M Lindsay James M Lindsay is senior vice president, director of studies, and Maurice R Greenberg chair at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Dr Lindsay holds an AB in economics and political science (highest distinction, highest honors) from the University of Michigan and an MA, MPhil, and PhD from Yale University He has been a fellow at the Center for International Affairs and the Center for Science and International Affairs, both at Harvard University Before returning to CFR in 2009, Dr Lindsay was the inaugural director of the Robert S Strauss Center for International Security and Law at The University of Texas at Austin, where he held the Tom Slick chair for international affairs at the Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs From 2003-2006, he was vice president, director of studies and Maurice R Greenberg chair at CFR He previously served as deputy director and senior fellow in the foreign policy studies program at the Brookings Institution and has taught at the University of Iowa Dr Lindsay has authored, coauthored, or edited many publications His book with Ivo H Daalder, America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy (Brookings Institution Press, 2003), was awarded the 2003 Lionel Gelber Award, named a finalist for the Arthur S Ross Book Award, and selected as a top book of 2003 by The Economist His other books include Agenda for the Nation (with Henry J Aaron and Pietro S Nivola, Brookings Institution Press, 2003), which was named an “Outstanding Academic Book of 2004” by Choice Magazine He has also contributed articles to the op-ed pages of many major newspapers, including the New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times Sebastian Mallaby Sebastian Mallaby is director of the Maurice R Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies (CGS), deputy director of the David Rockefeller Studies Program, and Paul A Volcker senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) He served in the Washington Post as a columnist and editorial board member At CFR Mallaby is examining how the interplay of economics and politics is shaping international relations, and is currently working on a book on hedge funds He wrote a book on the history of the World Bank under James Wolfensohn, entitled The World’s Banker (2004) It was named as an “Editor’s Choice” by the New York Times and became a Washington Post bestseller Mallaby spent thirteen years with The Economist While at The Economist, he worked in London, where he wrote about international finance; in Africa, where he covered Nelson Mandela’s release and the collapse of apartheid; and in Japan, where he covered the breakdown of the country’s political and economic consensus Between 1997 and 1999, Mr Mallaby was The Economist’s Washington bureau chief and wrote the magazine’s weekly Lexington column on American politics and foreign policy Mr Mallaby has also contributed to numerous other publications, including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Prospect (UK), New York Times, The New Republic, Slate, Policy Review, and National Interest He is the author of After Apartheid: The Future of South Africa, which was listed by the New York Times as one of the notable books of 1992 Marcelo Medeiros Dr Marcelo Medeiros is professor at the Department of Sociology at University of Brasilia (UnB) and a member of the Board of Advisors at the Social Research Centre from American University in Cairo He is Visiting Professor at Universidad Nacional San Martín, in Buenos Aires He is also a former visiting researcher at the Institute for Human Development from Indira Gandhi Institute and Institute for Human Development, both in India; former associate member at Von Hügel Institute at Cambridge University Dr Medeiros also coordinated the International Poverty Center at the Institute of Research on Applied Economics (IPEA) In 2008, he worked as expert on policies evaluation at Tribunal de Contas da União His main area of research and studies is social inequality and for them has received awards from ANPOCS, Brazilian Senate and Corecon-DF Marcelo Medeiros publications are about poverty, inequality and social mobility, education, development theories, gender, health, use of time, demography, deficiency and social protection He is a member of the International Sociological Association, the Indian Society for Labor Economics and the Brazilian Sociology Society (SBS) and the Brazilian Society for Scientific Progress Marcelo Neri Marcelo Neri is a brazilian economist, head of the Center of Social Policies (CPS) at the Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) and professor at Graduate School of Economics at Fundaỗóo Getulio Vargas He holds a PhD from Princeton University (1996) and a Master Degree on economics from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (1989) Until 1999, he was a fellow at the Institute of Research on Applied Economics (IPEA) at the Secretaria de Assuntos Estratégicos da Presidência Mr Neri acts actively in the proposition, evaluation and discussion of public policies, having participated on the creation of the state’s system of salary levels and designed a system of social goals applied to some federal unities In 2005, he earned the Medal Competition for Outstanding Research on Development, on the 6th Annual Global Development Conference, at Dakar from his proposal of social credit based on Millennium Development Goals His mains areas of expertise are education, society’s economy, poverty and inequality, social well-fare, social policies and job market Marcelo Neri has published and organized numerous publications and he writes regularly on the Valor Economico Journal and Conjuntura Economica Magazine He is also a fellow of the Education Partner Council at the Educational Secretariat of Rio de Janeiro’s City Hall; of the Technical Council “All for education compromise”; Presidency’s Council on Economic and Social Development (CDES); Council on Citizenship Action against Hunger and for Citizenship Octavio Amorim Neto Octavio Amorim Neto is a professor at the Graduate School of Economics at Fundacao Getulio Vargas - Rio de Janeiro He holds a MA in Political Science from IUPERJ and a PhD in Political Science from University of California - San Diego His research interests include Brazilian Politics, Compared Politics and Political Economy He is co-author and co-editor of O Semipresidencialismo nos Países de Língua Portuguesa (2009) and Brasil y México: Encuentros y Desencuentros (2005) and the author of Presidencialismo e Governabilidade nas Américas (2006) He has published numerous articles in scientific journals such as Dados (Brasil), American Journal of Political Science (EUA), British Journal of Political Science (Inglaterra), Comparative Political Studies (EUA), World Politics (EUA), Legislative Studies Quarterly (EUA), Latin American Politics and Society (EUA), Party Politics (Inglaterra) e Revista de Ciência Política (Chile) Shannon O’Neil Shannon O’Neil is the Douglas Dillon fellow for Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Her expertise includes political and economic reform in Latin America, U.S.-Latin American relations, and Latin American immigration to the United States She recently directed CFR’s Independent Task Force on U.S.-Latin America Relations: A New Direction for a New Reality She is currently working on a book on Mexico, analyzing the political, economic, and social transformations Mexico has undergone over the last two decades, and the significance of these changes for U.S.- Mexico relations In addition to her work at CFR, Shannon has taught in the political science department at Columbia University, and she publishes LatIntelligence— www.latintelligence.com—a blog analyzing Latin American politics, economics, and public policies She is a frequent commentator on major television and radio programs Prior to joining CFR, she was a justice, welfare, and economics fellow and an executive committee member and graduate associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University She was also a Fulbright Scholar in Mexico and Argentina Prior to her academic work, O’Neil worked in the private sector as an equity analyst at Indosuez Capital Latin America and Credit Lyonnais Securities She holds a PhD in Government from Harvard University, an MA in International Relations from Yale University, and a BA from Yale University Stewart Patrick Stewart Patrick is senior fellow and director of the program on international institutions and global governance at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) His areas of expertise include multilateral cooperation in the management of global issues; U.S policy toward international institutions, including the United Nations; the challenges posed by fragile, failing, and postconflict states; and the integration of U.S defense, development, and diplomatic instruments in U.S foreign and national security policy From 2005 to April 2008, he was research fellow at the Center for Global Development He directed the Center’s research and policy engagement on the intersection between security and development, with a particular focus on the relationship between weak states and transnational threats and on the policy challenges of building effective institutions of governance in fragile settings From September 2002 to January 2005, Patrick served on the secretary of state’s policy planning staff, with lead staff responsibility for U.S policy toward Afghanistan and a range of global and transnational issues He joined the staff as an international affairs fellow at CFR Prior to government service, Patrick was from 1997 to 2002 a research associate at the Center on International Cooperation at New York University He received his doctorate in international relations, as well as two masters’ degrees, from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar He is the author, co-author or editor of four books and the author of numerous articles and chapters on the subjects of multilateral cooperation, state-building, and U.S foreign policy Antônio Patriota Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota is Deputy Foreign Minister He previously served as ambassador of the United States (2007 – 2009) He also served as Under Secretary General for Political Affairs, at the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Itamaraty), in Brasília (2005-2006), and as Chief of Staff to the Minister of Foreign Relations, Ambassador Celso Amorim (2004 – 2005) He also served as Secretary for Diplomatic Planning in the Office of the Minister of Foreign Relations (2003-2005) Previous positions in Brazil included two years as Deputy Diplomatic Advisor to former President Itamar Franco (1992-1994) and an equal period as Advisor to the Secretary General for Political Affairs, at Itamaraty (1990-1992) Ambassador Patriota’s assignments abroad included two years as Deputy Permanent Representative of Brazil to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland (2001-2003), and five years as Political Counselor at Brazil’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, in New York, where he was a member of the Brazilian Delegation to the U.N Security Council (1995 and 1998-1999) He also served as Head of the Economic Section of the Brazilian Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela (1988-1990), as Political Counselor at the Brazilian Embassy in Beijing, China (1987-1988), and as a member of Brazil’s Permanent Mission to the International Organizations in Geneva (1983-1986) Ambassador Patriota majored in Philosophy at the University of Geneva and graduated from Brazil’s Diplomatic Academy, Instituto Rio Branco, in 1979 Sandra Rios Sandra Polónia Rios is Director of CINDES – Center for Integration and Development Studies – a think tank based in Rio de Janeiro, which aims at promoting the debate on the Brazilian international economic agenda She is also a partner in Ecostrat Consultants and her areas of expertise include trade negotiations (Mercosur, FTAA, WTO, etc.) and trade policy She integrates the WTO Indicative List of Panelists, approved by the Dispute Settlement Body of the Organization She acts as a consultant for the National Confederation of Industry – Brazil – and teaches Trade Policy at the Department of Economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) She was coordinator of the International Integration Unit of the National Confederation of Industry – Brazil and acted as coordinator of the International Business Centers Network – Brazil She was a researcher at the Institute of Research on Applied Economics (IPEA) Antonio Jorge Ramalho da Rocha Antonio Jorge Ramalho da Rocha is professor of International Relations at the University of Brasília since 1994 He holds a PhD in Social Sciences at the University of Sao Paulo and two MAs: in International Relations by the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University and in Political Science at IUPERJ, Rio de Janeiro Dr Ramalho currently advises the Brazilian Presidency of the Republic's Secretariat for Strategic Affairs on security and defense issues and represents the area of International Relations before the Ministry of Education (CAPES) From 2007 to 2008 he worked as Director of the Brazilian Studies Center in Port-auPrince, Haiti During this period he was also Cultural Attaché to the Brazilian Embassy in Haiti and Lecturer at Haiti’s State University At the Brazilian Ministry of Defense, he directed the Department of Cooperation from 2003 to 2007 His research focuses on International Relations theories, international security and foreign & defense policymaking He received grants from CAPES, CNPq and Fulbright, among other agencies, and has experience as consultant to public and private organizations on security and defense issues as well as on foreign & defense policymaking Ricardo Ubiraci Sennes Ricardo Ubiraci Sennes is Partner Director of Prospectiva Consultoria Brasileira de Assuntos Internacionais and professor of International Relations at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo He holds a PhD in International Relations, MA in Political Science from the University of São Paulo He is Editorial Member of the Foreign Affairs Magazine en Spañol and Coordinator of the Brazilian Venter for International Relations (CEBRI) in São Paulo Ricardo Sennes has also conducted researches for the International Relations Center ah the University of São Paulo, for the Woodrow Wilson Institute in Washington, DC and for the Iberian and Latin American Studies Center at the University of California in San Diego His areas of expertise are Latin America financial and services integration concerning the economic and political scenarios He is author of Brazil’s foreign policy changes in the 80’s: a newly industrialized middle power (2003) and has published several articles for distinct institutions and academic journals Amaury de Souza Amaury de Souza is a senior partner at MCM Associated Consultants, at Techne Informática e Recursos Humanos and researcher at the São Paulo Institute for Economic and Political Studies He holds a Ph.D in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has vast experience as a business consultant He was a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (1984 - 1985), a professor at the Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas Rio de Janeiro (IUPERJ), at the Economics Department of PUC-Rio, and at several American universities In association with the International Survey Research Co., Mr De Souza develops research for innumerous companies in Brazil and many countries in Latin America Mr De Souza co-authored the book entitled Brazil Under Cardoso (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1997) His recent publications include “Cardoso and the Struggle for Reform in Brazil” in Journal of Democracy, july 1999; “Collor's Impeachment and Institutional Reform in Brazil”, in Keith S Rosenn e Richard Downes, eds., “Corruption and Political Reform in Brazil: The Impact of Collor's Impeachment” (1999) and “Dilemas da Reforma das Relaỗừes de Trabalho, in Bolớvar Lamounier (org.), Brasil & frica Sul: Uma Comparaỗóo (Sumarộ, 1996) Matias Spektor Matias Spektor coordinates the Center for International Studies at Fundaỗóo Getulio Vargas (FGV), where he is an assistant professor in International Relations His first book is entitled Henry Kissinger and Brazil (in Portuguese, Zahar, 2009) His main current research projects are a history of emerging countries in international society and a study of US-Brazil relations since the end of the Cold War Matias also manages the one-year professional graduate degree in IR at FGV, and an oral history program on the Foreign Relations of Brazil since the End of the Cold War He is managing editor with FGV Press for a new pocket series in IR Previously Matias worked as an official for the United Nations and as a consultant for the Tavistock Institute in London He earned his doctorate from the University of Oxford in 2007 For his publications and a detailed description of his research activities, see www.fgv.br/cpdoc/relacoesinternacionais Julia Sweig Julia E Sweig is the Nelson and David Rockefeller senior fellow for Latin America Studies and director for Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) She is the author of Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2009) and Friendly Fire: Losing Friends and Making Enemies in the Anti-American Century (PublicAffairs, 2006), as well as numerous publications on Latin America and American foreign policy She has directed several Council on Foreign Relations reports on Latin America and serves on the International Advisory Board of the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI), on the editorial board of Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica, and from 1999-2008, served as a consultant on Latin American affairs for The Aspen Institute’s Congressional Program Sweig’s Inside the Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro and the Urban Underground (Harvard University Press, 2002) received the American Historical Association’s Herbert Feis Award for best book of the year by an independent scholar She frequently provides commentary for the major television, radio, and print media, speaking in both English and Spanish She holds a BA from the University of California and an MA and PhD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies Arlene Tickner Arlene B Tickner has a Ph.D in International Studies from the University of Miami and an M.A in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University She is a Professor of International Relations in the Political Science Department at the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, where she has worked since 1991 Between 1999 and 2008 she was also an Associate Professor at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia Her main areas of research include Colombian foreign policy, U.S.-Colombian relations, hemispheric and Andean security, and the sociology of knowledge in the field of International Relations Some of her most recent publications include: Global Scholarship in International Relations, London: Routledge, 2009 (edited with Ole Wæver); Colombia y el mundo 2008 Opinión pública y política internacional (co-authored with Felipe Botero), Bogotá: Ediciones Uniandes-Departmento de Ciencia Política-Escuela de Gobierno-CESO, 2009; “Latin American IR and the Primacy of ‘lo práctico’”, International Studies Review, 2008; “Colombia y Estados Unidos: una relación ‘especial’”, Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica, 2008; and “Intervención por invitación Claves de la política exterior colombiana y de sus debilidades principales,” Colombia Internacional, 2007 Eduardo Viola Eduardo Viola is currently a professor at the Institute of International Relations at University of Brasilia (UnB) He has been a visiting professor at the University of Texas, Austin, National University of Costa Rica, University of San Martin, University of Georgetown, Institute for International Studies and Department of Political Science, Stanford University, Department of International Relations and Center for Latin American Research, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Professor Viola holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (USP;82) and his Pos-Doctoral training was in International Political Economy and Global Environmental Change in the University of Colorado at Boulder (1989-90) Professor Viola has long been involved in human dimensions of global environmental change research He was a member of the Open Meeting International Scientific Steering Committee for the Fourth OM (Rio de Janeiro 2001), the Fifth (Montreal 2003) and the Sixth (Bonn 2005) in which he was co-chair Besides, he has been member of the Committee on Global Environmental Change of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (1997-2004) His current research project is on "The International Political Economy of Climate Change in South America" which is strongly focused on issues related to Earth System Governance  ... government relations for foreign companies operating in Brazil Mr Landau taught international economic relations for many years at universities in Brazil, the United States, and Italy, and has contributed... include: On Global Order: Power, Values and the Constitution of International Society (2007); and ‘Hegemony, Liberalism and Global Order: What Space for Would-be Great Powers?’ International Affairs... the University of Michigan and an MA, MPhil, and PhD from Yale University He has been a fellow at the Center for International Affairs and the Center for Science and International Affairs, both