Authors

Barbara Kotschwar is research associate at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and adjunct professor of Latin American studies and economics at Georgetown University.

Silvio Waisbord is professor and associate director at the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University. He is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Press/Politics. He has published books and articles about media politics in Latin America.

Ariel C. Armony, a political scientist, is a professor of international studies and director of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Miami in Florida.

Zhang Mingde is professor of diplomatic policy at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies in China.

Lowell Dittmer is professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is co-editor of China, the Developing World, and the New Global Dynamic.

Elizabeth Economy is the C.V. Starr senior fellow and director for Asia studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of China.

Gabriel Marcella is adjunct professor at the U.S. Army War College.

Osvaldo Rosales is director of the International Trade and Integration Division at the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Manuela Picq has just completed her time as a visiting professor and research fellow at Amherst College and is now a research collaborator at the Universidade Federal do Amazonas in Brazil. She is currently writing a book on Indigenous women politics in the Andes.

Natalie Kitroeff is a research associate in the Latin America Studies program at the Council on Foreign Relations.

David Gacs is multimedia editor for AQ Online and new media manager for AS/COA Online.

Hernán Rincón is president of Microsoft Latin America.

Nic Wirtz and Kara Andrade are contributing bloggers to AQ Online. Nic Wirtz is a freelance journalist who has lived in Guatemala for the last six years. His work has been featured on the Christian Science Monitor and GlobalPost, and he is editor for the website Vozz. Kara Andrade is a Central American-based freelance photojournalist … Read more