CLALSES Laura Gomez Mera: "Latin American Economic Cooperation in a Changing Global Order Challenges and Opportunities"

 

Latin American Economic Cooperation in a Changing Global Order Challenges and Opportunities  

This talk will examine the evolving patterns of economic cooperation in Latin America in recent decades. Apart from analyzing the main drivers and obstacles to regional integration, we will discuss the consequences for the region of shifting external forces. How has the rise of China and the transformation in global value chains influenced incentives for regional cooperation? Will more recent developments in the international political economy, such as growing trade tensions and shifting geopolitical alliances, promote or hinder Latin American economic integration? In addressing these questions, we will also consider the critical role of domestic political dynamics in the leading countries in the region. 

Bio

Laura Gomez-Mera is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Miami, where she teaches courses on International Political Economy and International Relations. Born and trained as an economist in Argentina, she earned her doctorate in Politics and International Relations from Oxford University. Her research focuses on international organizations and institutional complexity in global governance, with a regional focus on Latin America. She has held visiting fellowships at the Woodrow Wilson Center and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and has been a consultant for the World Bank and UNDP. Her work has been published in International Studies Quarterly, Review of International Political Economy, European Journal of International Relations, and Global Governance, among other journals. She is also the author of Power and Regionalism in Latin America: The Politics of Mercosur, published by Notre Dame University Press.

 

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