Cintia Quiliconi is a Full Professor and Dean of the Department of International Studies and Communication at the Latin American School of Social Sciences (FLACSO)-Ecuador, and Senior Editor of the
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies. She previously served as Vice-Rector of FLACSO-Ecuador and President of International Studies Association ISA’s Latin American and Caribbean Region. She has served as advisor to the Secretariat of Industry and the Secretariat of Agriculture in Argentina. Her publications and research interests focus on international political economy from the Global South Perspective, BRICS and development, regionalism in Latin America and trade negotiations.
Her recent works include “China's deployment in Latin America: debates from Latin American International Political Economy” with M. Vergara (Desafíos, 2025) and "Latin American International Political Economy (IPE): Contributions Beyond the Transatlantic Divide" with J. Castro (International Affairs, Chatham House, 2024).
Gregory T. Chin (PhD, York University) is an Associate Professor of Political Science/Political Economy at York University, Canada, and a Senior Fellow of the Global Development Policy Center at Boston University, and of the Foreign Policy Institute at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies. He is Co-Director of the Emerging Global Governance (EGG) Project at Global Policy journal online.
Alvaro Mendez is the Director of the Global South Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and a Senior Associate Fellow at LSE IDEAS. Prof. Mendez is also an Associate Fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), and a Member of the Colombian Council of Foreign Affairs (CORI). He teaches at LSE, Sciences Po, and Fudan University. He has won numerous teaching awards, such as the IR Departmental Teaching Prize in recognition of his teaching of International Relations at the LSE, and has contributed to numerous books as an author, co-author, or editor. Prof. Mendez has also published numerous peer-reviewed articles in such journals as Geopolitics, Global Policy, Asia Business & Management, Sustainability, Journal of Business Research, The China Journal, Asia Pacific Business Review, Finance Research Letters, Research in International Business and Finance, and Foreign Policy Analysis.