Vol. 38, N° 2, May/Aug, 2016

About the authors

Bernabé Malacalza holds a PhD in social sciences from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), a master’s degree in international economic relations from the University of Barcelona, Spain, and a master’s degree in international relations and negotiations from the University of San Andrés and FLACSO. He is currently an as- sistant researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) in Argentina, based at the National University of Quilmes (UNQ). He is also professor at the PhD in economic development at UNQ; professor of international co-operation at the National University of San Martin (UNSAM). E-mail: b.malacalza@conicet.gov.ar

Brye Butler Steeves is a journalist, who has worked as reporter, writer, and editor at newspapers, magazines, trade journals, and online. She is also the author of a children’s book. Steeves recently worked as an economics editor for the Federal Reserve, and is now an international affairs writer and editor. Her research interests include renewable energy and interstate competition between China and the United States. Steeves has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Washington State University in the United States and a master’s degree in international relations from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) in Florianopolis, Brazil.

Danilo José Dalio is professor of Social Sciences at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Goiás (IFG), Formosa campus. He has a PhD in Economic History from the University of São Paulo (USP) and a Master’s in Political Science from the University of Campinas (Unicamp). He works with topics related to International Poli- tics, Brazilian Foreign Policy and Contemporary Economic History. He is currently linked to the Centre for Studies and Research in Work, Education, Culture and Science (NEP- TECC), which recently developed the research entitled State and Globalisation, Democ- racy and Arab Spring. At present, he is developing a research project in historical com- parative perspectives on the ABC Pact of the 1910s and 1950s.

Detlef Nolte is vice-president of the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies and director of the GIGA Institute of Latin American Studies; professor of political science at the University of Hamburg; president of the German Latin American Studies Association (ADLAF) (2010-2016). Research interests: comparative regionalism and regional nance in Latin America; constitutional change and political institutions in Latin America. Recent publications: Nolte, Detlef / Schilling-Vacaflor, Almut (eds.) (2012), New institutionalism in Latin America. Promises and Practices, Oxon/New York: Ashgate;Nolte, Detlef / Wehner, Leslie (2016), ‘Geopolitics in Latin America, old and new’, in: David R. Mares / Arie M. Kacowicz (eds), Routledge Handbook of Latin American Security,London/New York: Routledge, 33-43. https://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/team/nolte.

Helton Ricardo Ouriques is a professor in the Economics and International Relations Department and in the International Relations Graduate Program at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) in Florianopolis, Brazil. He is an economist and holds a PhD in geography. Ouriques is a member of the World-Systems Political Economy Research Group (GPEPSM). He is a professor of economic geography, geopolitics, the evolution of contemporary capitalism, political economy and the development of comparative historical perspective. His recent research interests include: the development processes in the countries of South America and western Asia (China, in particular); the paths of the development of countries on the periphery of capitalism; and the geopolitical issues of natural resources in the 21st Century.

Igor Castellano da Silva is Adjunct Professor of the Department of Economics and International Relations and the Graduate Programme in Economics and Development at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil. He has a PhD in International Strategic Studies (2015) and an MSc in Political Science (2011) from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil. He was a Visiting Fellow at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa (2013). Igor is Coordinator of the Study Group on State Capacity, Security and Defence (GECAP) at UFSM and the author of the book Congo, a Guerra Mundial Africana: conflitos armados, construção do estado e alternativas para a paz (2012). E-mail:igor.castellano@gmail.com.

Marcel Biato obtained a master’s degree in political sociology from the London School of Economics in 1989. In 1980 he joined the Brazilian foreign service, serving in London, Berlin and at the UN, where he was active in legal matters, including Law of the Sea, Terrorism, and international criminal law. In 2010, he headed the Brazilian delegation to the Review Conference of the Rome Statue of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Kampala, Uganda. He later served as a foreign policy advisor to the Brazilian President’s Office (2003-2010), and as ambassador to Bolivia (2010-2013). He also served as a member of the Brazilian negotiation team during the Ecuador-Peru peace process (1995-1998). He is scheduled to head Brazil’s permanent mission to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He also researches and writes about Brazilian diplomatic history.

Maria Clotilde Ribeiro holds a doctorate and a master’s degree in business administration from the Federal University of Bahia (Brazil). She also undertook doctoral training at the University of Toronto, and studied systems engineering in France. She is an adjunct professor of the Federal University of Vale do São Francisco (Brazil), a research member of the Laboratory for World Politics Analysis, and participates in an academic co-operation network for training in international management. Working as a consultant, she has co- ordinated various projects in the public and private sectors, and served as director of a technology company. She has authored Globalization and New Actors: Paradiplomacy of Brazilian Cities (2009). Her research focuses on international co-operation in S&T, and S&T&I in the agriculture sector.

Melissa Pomeroy holds a PhD in Political Science from the Institute of Government and Public Policy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, an MSc in Political Science and a specialisation in Participation and Sustainable Development from the same university. In 2011, she collaborated with the creation of Articulação SUL, a research and policy cen- tre focused on South–South co-operation, where she is currently the programme co-ordi- nator and editor of the Brazilian and the South Observatory. Her main areas of interest are social movements and citizen participation, the analysis and evaluation of public policies, international development co-operation, and foreign policy. Previous working experience includes São Paulo’s Participatory Budget, the International Observatory of Participatory Democracy and the Institute of Government and Public Policy, both based in Barcelona.

Naeem Inayatullah is professor of politics at Ithaca College. His work locates the Third World in the global political economy. With David Blaney, he is the co-author of Savage Economics (2010) and International Relations and the Problem of Difference (2004). He is editor of Autobiographical International Relations (2011), and co-editor of Interrogating Imperialism (2006) and The Global Economy as Political Space (1994). Recent works include “A Problem with Levels: How to Engage a Diverse IPE,” (with David Blaney) in Contexto Internacional; “Global Capitalism, Inequality and Poverty” (with David Blaney), in Erskine and Booth, International Relations Theory Today (2016); and, and, Narrative Global Politics (2016) co-edited with Elizabeth Dauphinee. He serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Narrative Politics.

Nicolás Matías Comini is Director of the Master´s programme in International Relations (Universidad del Salvador, Argentina). He has a doctorate in Social Sciences from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. He holds an MA in Latin American Integration (Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero) and a BA in International Relations from Universidad del Salvador. His research interests today are in the field of regional integration and international security. His publications include Suramericanizados: la integración regional desde la Alianza al kirchnerismo (2016) and De cadencias y disonancias, representaciones alternativas de la integración regional en el siglo XXI: América Latina, Asia y Europa del Este (2014).

Walter Antonio Desiderá Neto is Master of Science in International and Compared Politics (University of Brasilia), with research interests on South American integration (Mercosur and Unasur), Latin American integration (Celac), South-South cooperation (international development cooperation and coalitions) and Brazilian foreign policy generally. Bachelor of International Relations (University of Brasilia) and expert on International Business (FAE – University Center). Researcher at the International Studies, Political and Economic Relations Department of the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) since 2010. Currently, the main research topics include the grouping of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries – their annual summits and their relations – and border issues within Mercosur regional integration process.

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