Manuel Mindreau

Bio

Manuel Mindreau is professor of International Relations and International Political Economy and faculty member of the Department of the Social and Political Sciences at the Universidad del Pacífico in Lima, Peru He is a PhD candidate from the Department of Government and Public Administration at the University of Sydney (Australia) and holds an MA in International Relations from University of Miami, Florida (USA), and a BA in Economics from Universidad del Pacífico, Lima

Professor Mindreau has worked as a consultant for the World Bank and the Inter-American development Bank in projects related to foreign-debt rescheduling and public investment monitoring at the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Peru He has also held research positions at the North-South Center (Florida, USA), Citibank's Investment Banking Division (Lima), the Cartagena Agreement headquarters in Lima, and APOYO SA His main areas of interest for teaching and research are IPE, Regionalism, Foreign Policy Analysis, Economic Cooperation in the Americas and the Asia-Pacific region, International Organizations and International Relations Theory Professor Mindreau was born in Lima in 1967

Academic Background

• PhD (c ) University of Sydney, Australia

• MA in International Relations, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Miami, Florida, USA

• BA in Economics, Universidad del Pacífico, Lima, Peru

Areas of Expertise

• International relations in the Americas and the Asia-Pacific

• Regional integration

• International political economy

• International trade and the GATT/WTO system

• External debt management

• Foreign policy analysis

Present Positions

• Full-time professor/researcher at the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the Universidad del Pacífico, Lima-Peru

• Associate to the Research Center (CIUP) and the APEC Study Center (CEAUP) of the Universidad del Pacífico, Lima-Peru

Previous Positions

• Consultant for the World Bank and the IDB in external debt and public investment monitoring

• Researcher at the North-South Center (Florida, USA)

• Citibank (Lima)

• Secretariat of the Andean Community (Lima)

• APOYO SA (Lima)

Other Activities and/or Memberships

• British International Studies Association (BISA)

• International Studies Association (ISA)

Publications

Books

• Introducción a la Teoría de las Relaciones Internacionales Centro de Investigación de la Universidad del Pacífico (CIUP), diciembre 2001

Articles in edited books

• “When the Ducks Don't Line Up: The Geopolitics of Integration” in Jean Daudelin and Daniel Drache, eds, Integration and Social Exclusion in the Americas London: Routledge, forthcoming

• "Regional Integration and Trends in Financial Services", Harry Makler co-author, in Jerry Haar and Krishnan Dandapani (eds), Banking in North America: NAFTA and Beyond Oxford UK: Elsevier, 1999

Articles in journals

• "Valores asiáticos: ¿Made in Malaysia, Made in Singapore?" Punto de Equilibrio, Centro de Investigación de la Universidad del Pacífico (CIUP), Lima, March-April, 1999

• "Asia-Pacífico: ¿hacia un nuevo balance estratégico?" Apuntes, No 41, Centro de Investigación de la Universidad del Pacífico (CIUP), Lima, 1997

• "La ONU y Kofi Annan: ¿Cambio o compromiso?" Agenda Internacional, Año IV, No 8, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), Lima, June 1997

• "Sistemas de Alerta y Diplomacia Preventiva: El Caso de Burundi" Agenda Internacional, Año III, No 7, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), Lima, December 1996

• "Third World Activities in Space Commercialization" Multinational Business Review, Spring, 1996

• "El balance geopolítico europeo en 1994", Punto de Equilibrio, Centro de Investigación de la Universidad del Pacífico (CIUP), Lima, March 1994

• "En plena ebullición: El Mercado de Bonos Brady" Perú Económico, APOYO, Vol XVII, No1, Lima, January 1994

• "La radicalización de los movimientos separatistas en Europa Occidental", Punto de Equilibrio, Centro de Investigación de la Universidad del Pacífico (CIUP), Lima, July 1993

• "La Disolución de Yugoslavia: Una encrucijada entre Oriente y Occidente", Apuntes, Vol32, Centro de Investigación de la Universidad del Pacífico (CIUP), Lima, 1993

• "Comunidad Económica Europea: Evaluando Nuevas Adhesiones", Punto de Equilibrio, Centro de Investigación de la Universidad del Pacífico (CIUP), Lima, May 1993

Essays and unpublished papers

• Foreign Policy and Sub-Regional Integration In The Americas: Brazilian and Mexican geopolitical interests in comparison Presented at the International Studies Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, 24-27 March 2002

• The Geopolitical Game Behind Last Year’s First South American Presidential Summit: Some Possible Implications for the Future of the FTAA Negotiations Paper prepared for the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies Summer Institute 2001, York University, Toronto, Canada, July 9-19, 2001

• The Retreat of the Markets?: Foreign Policy at Play in Regional Integration in the Americas Presented at the British International Studies Association Annual Conference, University of Bradford, UK December 19, 2000

• The Cuban Missile Crisis Of October 1962: Accepted Wisdom Challenged Under The Light Of New Evidence, GSIS, University of Miami, April 1996

• The United Nations as an Instrument of US Foreign Policy GSIS, University of Miami, April 1995

• The Negotiation of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty - START I, GSIS, University of Miami, November 1995

• US Foreign Policy toward the Conflict in Armenia and Azerbaijan, GSIS, University of Miami, December 1994

• Balance Of Power As A Foreign Policy-Making Guideline, GSIS, University of Miami, December 1994

Current Research Projects

• CONSORCIO DE INVESTIGACIÓN ECONÓMICA Y SOCIAL (CIES), Lima
  Project Title: "Regionalism and the New IPE: The emergent relationship between States and Markets in South America" Funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Analysis of the recent evolution of trade liberalization and regional integration initiatives in South America using the main theoretical approaches advanced within the IR discipline Emphasis will be made on the critical theoretical approach adopted by the so-called New International Political Economy in the evaluation of the relationship between states and markets, and how this entanglement may be conditioning the evolution and the adoption of foreign-policy decisions of key Latin American states in response to the challenges and constraints imposed to them by the processes of regionalism and economic globalization

Recommended Links

A Research resources, documents and directories

• Political Economy Research Centre (PERC), University of Sheffield, UK

• The International Political Economy Network (IPENet)

• Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalism, University of Warwick UK

• Le Groupe de recherche sur l'intégration continentale (GRIC) - Université du Québec à Montreal, Canada

• Politics and IR Arena

• The WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources

• Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG): Links to International Relations Resources

• International Relations and Politics Globalsite, University of Sussex, U.K.

• Directory of Internet Resources of Interest to International Studies Community

• ECPR Research Directory - International Relations in Europe Research Directory

• The English School – International Relations Theory

• RelNet - Site Brasileiro de Referência em Relações Internacionais

• The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School - International Relations Documents and Treaties

• Stratfor.com (Intelligence Consultants. Provides information about Geopolitics, GeoEconomics, GeoSecurity, and Regions around the world)

• Links in International Relations, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

• Further Links to International Relations Resources, University of Colorado at Boulder

• Links to Other Sites on International Relations – Canadian Institute of International Affairs

Associations and research centers

• British International Studies Association (BISA)

• International Studies Association (ISA)

• Royal Institute of International Affairs (London)

• The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)

• American Political Science Association (APSA)

• International Political Science Association (IPSA)

• Council On Foreign Relations

• Carnegie Endowment

• The Heritage Foundation

• The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

• Canadian Institute of International Affairs

• The Netherlands Institute of International Relations - Clingendael

• Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy

• The Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Austria

• Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Ciencias Sociales - Instituto Juan March de Estudios e Investigación, Madrid, España

• Asociación Española de Profesores de Derecho Internacional y Relaciones Internacionales

• Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais (IBRI), Universidade de Brasilia

• Instituto de Pesquisa de Relações Internacionais (IPRI), Brasilia

• Instituto de Estudos Avançados, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil

• Central American Institute for International Affairs, San José, Costa Rica

International Political Economy (IPE)

• FTAA – Free Trade Area of the Americas

• Summits of the Americas Information Network

• Comunidad Andina

• Information on NAFTA (North American Free Trade Association)

• Unión Europea

• INTAL (Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean) / Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

• CEPAL – Comisión Económica de la Organización de Naciones Unidas para América Latina

• IRELA (The Institute for European-Latin American Relations)

• United States Trade Representative (USTR)

• U.S. Trade and Development Agency

• OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)

• OMC (Organización Mundial de Comercio) - WTO (World Trade Organization)

• World Bank-WTO Forum on Regionalism

• Global Trade Negotiations - Center for International Development at Harvard University

• IMF Directory of Economic, Commodity and Development Organizations

Areas of Interest

• International political economy

• The international trade system

• Regional integration

• Economic cooperation in the Americas and the Asia-Pacific

• Institution building in the Americas

• Foreign policy análisis

• Theory of international relations