{"id":3104,"date":"2024-05-08T06:22:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T06:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubi.edu\/?post_type=staff&#038;p=3104"},"modified":"2024-12-17T20:12:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:12:34","slug":"alvaro-mendez","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/ubi.edu\/staff\/alvaro-mendez\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Alvaro Mendez"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3104\" class=\"elementor elementor-3104\" data-elementor-post-type=\"staff\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcd87f8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fcd87f8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be95f24 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"be95f24\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a2b449 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0a2b449\" 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data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30871bb7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"30871bb7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-770a26c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"770a26c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Mendez is a Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), as well as the Director of the Global South Unit at LSE IDEAS. The author of many books and articles, he serves as an Associate Fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) and an Adjunct Professor at Sciences Po Paris and Fudan University in Shanghai, China.<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2395c8cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2395c8cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>China<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b10de0b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6b10de0b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10e773 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"10e773\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29ff0537 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29ff0537\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Selected Publications &amp; Other Achievements<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e199dae e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1e199dae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34a61446 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"34a61446\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ee865e6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5ee865e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40108ee7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40108ee7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Google Scholar\n\nPEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES\n\nMendez, Alvaro &amp; Alden, Chris. (2021). China in Panama: From Peripheral Diplomacy to Grand Strategy. Geopolitics, 26(3), 838-860. (JCR Q1 \u2013 Journal Impact Factor: 4.117).<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f4bff3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f4bff3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2021<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e934cb8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4e934cb8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e360db5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e360db5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mendez, Alvaro &amp; Houghton, David Patrick. (2020). Sustainable Banking: The Role of Multilateral Development Banks as Norm Entrepreneurs. Sustainability, 12(972), 1- 20. (JCR Q2 \u2013 Journal Impact Factor: 3.251).<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b186ca2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b186ca2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2020<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2263856 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2263856\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77c7193 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77c7193\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CO-EDITED BOOKS\n\nJing, Yijia, Mendez, Alvaro &amp; Zheng, Yu (eds.). (2020). New Development Assistance (NDA): Emerging Economies and the New Landscape of Development Assistance. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave.<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ddac5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ddac5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2020<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45b30fb0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"45b30fb0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24b8fdd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24b8fdd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AUTHORED &amp; CO-AUTHORED BOOKS\n\nMendez, Alvaro &amp; Turzi, Mariano. (2020). The Political Economy of China\u2013Latin America Relations: The AIIB Membership. New York, NY: Palgrave Pivot.<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-488a3e37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"488a3e37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2020<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eff82a2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4eff82a2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-792b2a7c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"792b2a7c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7517c1f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7517c1f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Garci\u0301a R., Enrique &amp; Mendez, Alvaro. (2021). Man\u0303ana Today: A Long View of Economic Value Creation in Latin America. Global Policy, 12(3), 410-413 (JCR Q2 \u2013 Journal Impact Factor: 2.084).<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fc89373 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fc89373\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2021<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bf63e13 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1bf63e13\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1656edf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1656edf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mendez, Alvaro. (2019). 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