Political economy & Latin America @global_thoughts @Columbia_PolSci @ILASColumbia @SecurityContext • author of "Rooted Globalism": tinyurl.com/5n6pt9y7

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21 Oct 2022
Publication day has arrived (tinyurl.com/5n6pt9y7)! Drawing from ethnographic interviews with Arab-Latin American elites, I elucidate the making of interregional ties and scrutinize the claim that global capitalists have a cosmopolitan consciousness. Key contributions 🧵:
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A new article for which I was interviewed @ILASColumbia @global_thoughts @Columbia_PolSci
South American trade bloc turns to UAE as other deals falter agbi.com/analysis/trade/2026…
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12 Sep 2025
🥳 ¡Nueva reseña! En "International Politics", Kevin Funk nos reunió a algunas personas para comentar su libro "Rooted Globalism", un indispensable para aprender sobre las relaciones entre América Latina y Medio Oriente, mediante la diáspora, y sobre el capitalismo global.
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18 Aug 2025
Honored to have been invited to write the afterword, "Toward a Cultural Political Economy of Arab-Latin American Relations," for the wonderful new volume, "Art and Politics between the Arab World and Latin America" @Mepbon @GuirguisLa45578 @Brill_Social brill.com/display/title/6841…

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Ever wonder about #medical #policies? Join us for this event with @Nefertari90, @KevinBFunk and Sebastian Calonico. 🗓️ Mar 13, 2025 ⏰1:00 – 2:30 PM EST 🚩 Room 802, IAB, or online. Register through the QR code for Zoom as well.
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21 Feb 2025
A new article for which I was interviewed @ILASColumbia
Gulf-South America trade surges as economies grow agbi.com/analysis/trade/2025…
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21 Dec 2024
A recent article for which I was interviewed, focusing on Gulf-Latin American trade @VOANews
In wake of G20, Gulf states boost ties to Brazil, Latin America voanews.com/a/in-wake-of-g20…
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🚀 Excited to share that Prof. @KevinBFunk 's latest paper, "A (Neoliberal) 'New World Economic Geography': Latin American-Middle Eastern Relations in an Emerging Age of Multipolarity," is now published! 📚 Links ⬇️
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21 Jun 2024
Happy to have contributed the entry on the “capitalist class” in the new and much-needed “Encyclopedia of Critical Political Science.” Available at elgaronline.com/display/book… @ElgarPublishing

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18 Apr 2024
Looking forward to today's conversation at @TrinityCollege about my book, hosted by the Center for Urban and Global Studies
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Honored to be part of this collection. Contrary to sanguine accounts of South-South ties, I argue that current Latin American-Middle Eastern linkages are dominated by agribusiness and lack the radical promise of past Third-World initiatives. Download link: assets-global.website-files.…

🎉We're pleased to announce the publication of our first #SiCReport, "The Global South in an Era of Great Power Competition," the result of a collaboration with @IAS_NUQ. ➡️securityincontext.org/posts/…
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