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International Relations
  • Méndez, Álvaro, Alden, Christopher (2025). China’s expanding footprint in Latin America: trade, diplomacy, and strategic influence. In Open Access Government: Asia Analysis . Adjacent Digital Politics Ltd.
  • Mendez, Alvaro, Estrada, Gaspard (2025). Geopolitical game-changer: China’s expanding role in Latin America’s defense, aerospace, and telecommunications. In Farhadi, Adib, Grzegorzewski, Mark, Masys, Anthony J. (Eds.), The Great Power Competition Volume 6: The Rise of China (pp. 185 - 206). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70767-4_9
  • Méndez, Álvaro (2024). Reforming multilateral financial institutions: perspectives from India and China on development finance in the Global South. In Fasulo, Filippo, Missaglia, Nicola (Eds.), Competing for the Global South: Asia and the Quest for Leadership in a Multipolar World (pp. 57 - 73). Istituto per gli studi di politica internazionale (Milan, Italy). picture_as_pdf
  • Méndez, Álvaro, Alden, Christopher (2024). Tit-for-tat diplomacy will Brazil join China’s Belt and Road Initiative? China Global South Project,
  • Méndez, Álvaro, Alden, Chris (2024). Panama, Ecuador, and China: the dangers of short-term calculations. United States Institute of Peace Press.
  • Alden, Christopher, Méndez, Álvaro (15 July 2024) China rising, Latin America swooning. Royal Society for Asian Affairs blog.
  • Méndez, Álvaro, Alden, Christopher (2024). China y América Latina: historia, comercio y geopolítica. In Jose Rugeles, Andres (Ed.), América Latina: la visión de sus líderes (pp. 897 - 904). Planeta. picture_as_pdf
  • Ubeda, Fernando, Mendez, Alvaro, Forcadell, Francisco Javier (2024). Sustainable banking and trust in the global South. Global Policy, 15(S1), 34 - 44. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13314 picture_as_pdf
  • Méndez, Álvaro, Alden, Christopher (2023). Latin America’s diplomacy: balancing EU and China with Mercosur. China Global South Project,
  • Alden, Christopher, Méndez, Álvaro (2023). Of choke points, copper mines and China. China Global South Project,
  • Mendez, Alvaro (2023). Russia’s backyard: China and Central Asia after the invasion of Ukraine. In Farhadi, Adib, Grzegorzewski, Mark, Masys, Anthony J. (Eds.), The Great Power Competition Volume 5: The Russian Invasion of Ukraine and Implications for the Central Region (pp. 199 – 216). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40451-1_10
  • Méndez, Álvaro, Estrada, Gaspard (2023). État des lieux de la présence chinoise en Amérique latine et aux Caraïbes. Observatoire stratégique de l'Amérique latine (Sciences Po).
  • Alden, Christopher, Méndez, Álvaro (2023). Ecuador’s new free trade pact with China provokes lots of excitement and even more questions. China Global South Project,
  • Rugeles, Andres, Mendez, Alvaro (2023). China plays geopolitical chess game in Latin America. El País,
  • Rugeles, Andres, Mendez, Alvaro (2023). China y el ajedrez geopolítico de América Latina. El País,
  • Mendez, Alvaro (2023). Latin American agency: the new development bank, Uruguay's accession and Brazilian influence. Global Policy, https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13214 picture_as_pdf
  • Mendez, Alvaro, Alden, Christopher (2023). China’s Free Trade Agreements in the Global South: Quito and Beijing. China Global South Project,
  • Alden, Christopher, Mendez, Alvaro (2023). China and Latin America: development, agency and geopolitics. Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350236950
  • Houghton, David Patrick, Mendez, Alvaro (2023). Visceral politics and its impact on US foreign policy decision-making. Foreign Policy Analysis, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/fpa/orac025 picture_as_pdf
  • Úbeda, Fernando, Mendez, Alvaro, Martínez, Francisco Javier Forcadell (2023). The sustainable practices of multinational banks as drivers of financial inclusion in developing countries. Finance Research Letters, 51, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.103278 picture_as_pdf
  • Úbeda, Fernando, Mendez, Alvaro, Forcadell, Francisco Javier (2023). Sustainability and trust: financial inclusion in the Global South. (Working paper series 2). LSE Global South Unit. picture_as_pdf
  • Mendez, Alvaro, Forcadell, Francisco Javier, Horiachko, Kateryna (2022). Russia–Ukraine crisis: China’s Belt Road Initiative at the crossroads. Asian Business & Management, 21(4), 488 - 496. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41291-022-00195-1 picture_as_pdf
  • Altamira, Maria, Fornes, Gaston, Mendez, Alvaro (2022). Chinese institutions and international expansion within the Belt and Road Initiative: firm capabilities of Chinese companies in the European Union. Asia-Pacific Business Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2022.2093520
  • Úbeda, Fernando, Forcadell, Francisco Javier, Aracil, Elisa, Mendez, Alvaro (2022). How sustainable banking fosters the SDG 10 in weak institutional environments. Journal of Business Research, 146, 277 - 287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.03.065 picture_as_pdf
  • Turzi, Mariano, Mendez, Alvaro (2022). Latin America in/and the AIIB: a constructivist analysis. Vestnik RUDN. International Relations, 22(3), 478 - 494. https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-0660-2022-22-3-478-494 picture_as_pdf
  • Mendez, Alvaro (2022). The New Development Bank and Uruguay: a win-win deal. Global Policy,
  • Mendez, Alvaro, Forcadell, Francisco Javier (2022). China y América Latina: diplomacia, comercio y geopolítica. In Estrada, Gaspard (Ed.), América Latina: Mirar al Futuro (pp. 175 - 191). Nueva Revista.
  • Úbeda, Fernando, Mendez, Alvaro, Forcadell, Francisco Javier (2022). The sustainable practices of multinational banks as drivers of financial inclusion in developing countries. (Working paper series 1). LSE Global South Unit. picture_as_pdf
  • Mendez, Alvaro (2021). Beijing and Taipei: the Latin American geopolitical connection. The China Africa Project,
  • Mendez, Alvaro, Forcadell, Francisco, Ubeda, Fernando (2021). Sustainable banking in the Global South: ESG innovations in China. Digital Economy and Innovation Journal, 1(1), 121-136. https://doi.org/10.7263/edeij-1-1-006
  • Mendez, Alvaro (2021). China’s vaccine diplomacy: soft power lessons from Latin America. The China Africa Project,
  • Mendez, Alvaro (2021). Geopolitics in Central America: China and El Salvador in the 21st century. In Kellner, Thierry, Wintgens, Sophie (Eds.), China-Latin America and the Caribbean: Assessment and Outlook (pp. 207 - 221). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003037934-17 picture_as_pdf
  • García R, Enrique, Mendez, Alvaro (2021). Mañana today: a long view of economic value creation in Latin America. Global Policy, 12(3), 410 - 413. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12938 picture_as_pdf
  • Mendez, Alvaro (2021). Dependency in the twenty-first century? The political economy of China–Latin America relations, by Barbara Stallings. The China Journal, 85, 210 - 212. https://doi.org/10.1086/711517 picture_as_pdf
  • Alden, Christopher, Mendez, Alvaro (2021). Comparative study of Costa Rica, Argentina, Malaysia, Djibouti and their complex relationship with China: advantages, disadvantages and lessons learned. (LSE Global South Unit Working Paper Series 05/2021). London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Mendez, Alvaro, Alden, Christopher, Carlos Herrera, Luis, Montenegro, Markelda, Torres–Lista, Virginia (2021). New diplomatic relations between Panama and China: geopolitical and socioeconomic implications. CENICS. picture_as_pdf
  • Mendez, Alvaro, Alden, Christopher, Carlos Herrera, Luis, Montenegro, Markelda, Torres–Lista, Virginia (2021). Nuevas relaciones diplomáticas entre Panamá y China: implicaciones geopolíticas y socioeconómicas. CENICS. picture_as_pdf
  • Mendez, Alvaro (2020). The effect of COVID-19, geopolitics, and relationships with China and the United States on economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • Mendez, Alvaro (2020). New Development Assistance the case of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The Case Centre,
  • Mendez, Alvaro, Turzi, Mariano (2020). The political economy of China–Latin America relations: the AIIB membership. Palgrave Pivot. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33451-2
  • Mendez, Alvaro, Houghton, David Patrick (2020). Sustainable banking: the role of multilateral development banks as norm entrepreneurs. Sustainability, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/su12030972 picture_as_pdf
  • Mendez, Alvaro (2020). Enlisting the gatekeeper: chain-referral and elite access in foreign policy analysis. SAGE Research Methods Cases, picture_as_pdf
  • Mendez, Alvaro (2019). Latin America and the AIIB: interests and viewpoints. Global Policy, 10(4), 639-644. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12733 picture_as_pdf
  • Mendez, Alvaro, Alden, Chris (2019). China in Panama: from peripheral diplomacy to grand strategy. Geopolitics, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2019.1657413 picture_as_pdf
  • Jing, Yijia, Mendez, Alvaro, Zheng, Yu (2019). New development assistance in the making: an introduction. In Jing, Yijia, Mendez, Alvaro, Zheng, Yu (Eds.), New development assistance: emerging economies and the new landscape of development assistance (pp. 1-18). Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Jing, Yijia, Mendez, Alvaro, Zheng, Yu (Eds.) (2019). New development assistance: emerging economies and the new landscape of development assistance. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Alden, Christopher, Large, Dan, Mendez, Alvaro (2019). The western way of development: a critical review. In Jing, Yijia, Mendez, Alvaro, Zheng, Yu (Eds.), New development assistance: emerging economies and the new landscape of development assistance (pp. 19-38). Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Mendez, Alvaro, Alcade, Javier, Alden, Christopher (2019). Introducción: Análisis de la Política Exterior de Perú hacia China en el siglo XXI. In Mendez, Alvaro, Alcade, Javier, Alden, Christopher (Eds.), La conexión China en la Política Exterior del Perú en el siglo XXI (pp. 13-24). Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. picture_as_pdf
  • Alcade, Javier, Alden, Christopher, Guerra-Barón, Angélica, Mendez, Alvaro (2019). La conexión China en la Política Exterior del Perú en el siglo XXI. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. picture_as_pdf
  • Mendez, Alvaro, Alden, Christopher (2019). Perú, China y la nueva multipolaridad: Perú, China y la nueva multipolaridad – navegar en la política internacional en tiempos inciertos. In Mendez, Alvaro, Alcade, Javier, Alden, Christopher (Eds.), La conexión China en la Política Exterior del Perú en el siglo XXI (pp. 278-307). Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. picture_as_pdf
  • Schenoni, Luis L., Belém Lopes, Dawisson, Casarões, Guilherme (2019). Myths of multipolarity: the sources of Brazilian overexpansion. (LSE Global South Unit Working Paper 1/2019). LSE Ideas. picture_as_pdf
  • Fornes, Gaston, Mendez, Alvaro (2018). The China-Latin America Axis: emerging markets and their role in an increasingly globalised world. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66721-8
  • Mendez, Alvaro (2018). Innovación y desarrollo: la academia como agente de cambio. In Moreno, Carlos Iván, Perez Herrero, Pedro (Eds.), ¿Qué universidades necesita el siglo XXI? Reflexiones a cien años de la Reforma de Córdoba (pp. 75-80). Marcial Pons (Firm).
  • Mendez, Alvaro (2017). Colombian agency and the making of US foreign policy: intervention by invitation. Routledge.
  • Mendez, Alvaro (2017). Global governance in foreign policy. In Thies, Cameron (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Foreign Policy Analysis . Oxford University Press. picture_as_pdf
  • Mendez, Alvaro (2016). “We will not treat you like Africa”. democraciaAbierta, picture_as_pdf
  • Mendez, Alvaro (2016). China, Latin America and the environment in 2016 and beyond. Diálogo Chino,
  • Biswas, Rajiv, Mendez, Alvaro (2016). The long crisis facing emerging markets: a roadmap for policy reforms. (Policy Brief 1/2016). London School of Economics and Political Science, Global South Unit.
  • Junbo, Jian, Mendez, Alvaro (2015). Change and continuity in Chinese foreign policy:China’s engagement in the Libyan civil war as a case study. (Working Paper 5/2015). London School of Economics and Political Science, Global South Unit.
  • Mendez, Alvaro (2015). Discussions on the Global South. Concepts of the Global South – Voices from Around the World, 1/2015,
  • Guerra-Barón, Angélica, Mendez, Alvaro (2015). A comparative study of foreign economic policies: the CIVETS countries. (Working Paper 3/2015). London School of Economics and Political Science, Global South Unit.
  • Méndez, Álvaro (2012). Negotiating intervention by invitation: how the Colombians shaped US participation in the genesis of Plan Colombia [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Mendez, Alvaro, Veira, M. (2009). UN Security Council reform and the challenge of south representation. In Wheeler, Tim (Ed.), SA Yearbook of International Affairs 2008/9 (pp. 45-54). South African Institute of International Affairs.
  • Mendez, Alvaro (Ed.) (2003). Millennium: journal of international studies [Special issue]. Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 32(3).
  • Mendez, Alvaro (Ed.) (2003). Millennium: journal of international studies [Special issue]. Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 32(2).
  • Mendez, Alvaro (Ed.) (2003). Millennium: journal of international studies [Special issue]. Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 32(1).
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  • Ubeda, Fernando, Mendez, Alvaro, Forcadell, Francisco Javier, López, Belén (2024). How socially sustainable multinational banks promote financial inclusion in developing countries. Research in International Business and Finance, 71, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102470 picture_as_pdf
  • Mendez, Alvaro (27 April 2018) The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank comes knocking on Latin America’s door is anyone home? LSE Latin America and Caribbean Blog. picture_as_pdf
  • Guerra-Barón, Angélica, Mendez, Alvaro (2015). A comparative study of foreign economic policies: the CIVETS countries. (Working Paper 3/2015). London School of Economics and Political Science, Global South Unit.
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  • Méndez, Álvaro (2025). Reforming global finance: Africa’s G20 moment. Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI),
  • Méndez, Álvaro, Alden, Christopher (2025). China’s expanding footprint in Latin America: trade, diplomacy, and strategic influence. In Open Access Government: Asia Analysis . Adjacent Digital Politics Ltd.
  • Úbeda, Fernando, Mendez, Alvaro, Forcadell, Francisco Javier (2023). Sustainability and trust: financial inclusion in the Global South. (Working paper series 2). LSE Global South Unit. picture_as_pdf
  • Úbeda, Fernando, Mendez, Alvaro, Forcadell, Francisco Javier (2022). The sustainable practices of multinational banks as drivers of financial inclusion in developing countries. (Working paper series 1). LSE Global South Unit. picture_as_pdf
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  • Mendez, Alvaro (2018). Panama could soon become China’s gateway to Latin America thanks to an imminent free trade agreement.