Positioning Latin America in International Relations

Analysis of the Joint AMEI–ISA 2025 Conference at Universidad del Mar

Authors

  • José Ricardo Villanueva Lira Universidad del Mar
  • Carla Martínez Machain University at Buffalo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59673/amag.v4i1.149

Keywords:

Latin America, International Relations, Joint AMEI–ISA 2025 Conference, Universidad del Mar

Abstract

Between June 4 and 6, 2025, the University of the Sea (UMAR) at Huatulco hosted a Joint Conference of the Mexican Association of International Studies (AMEI) and the International Studies Association (ISA). This gathering, which brought together more than 400 participants from about 25 countries, is part of a tradition of inter-American academic cooperation that began in 1983 in Mexico City and continued in Acapulco (1993), Manzanillo (1997), and Cancún (2008). The significance of these types of conferences lies in the fact that they provide spaces where knowledge about the discipline and practice of international relations is produced, debated, and (de)legitimized. Academic conferences are, in themselves, exercises of scientific diplomacy and epistemic community-building that may, in the long term, influence public policy formulation, professional training, and the definition of global research agendas.

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Author Biographies

José Ricardo Villanueva Lira, Universidad del Mar

Ricardo Villanueva is research director and full-time professor at the Institute of International Studies, Universidad del Mar, Mexico, with experience in international academic organization and a fellowship at the University of Oxford. Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Glasgow, with prior degrees from the Australian National University and Tecnológico de Monterrey. Member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers (Level I), recognized as Associate Fellow by the UK Higher Education Academy.

Carla Martínez Machain, University at Buffalo

Carla Martínez Machain is a Professor of Political Science at the University at Buffalo. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Rice University in May 2012. Martínez Machain’s research (funded by the Department of Defense’s Minerva Initiative and the Army Research Office, among others) focuses on foreign policy analysis, with a focus on military policy and international conflict. Her new book with Oxford University Press is titled Beyond the Wire: U.S. Military Deployments and Host Country Public Opinion. Her work has appeared in various journals, including the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics, and the Journal of Conflict Resolution. She has also written for policy-oriented outlets such as The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog and The Conversation.

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Published

2026-10-18

How to Cite

Villanueva Lira, J. R., & Martínez Machain, C. (2026). Positioning Latin America in International Relations: Analysis of the Joint AMEI–ISA 2025 Conference at Universidad del Mar. Mexican Yearbook of Global Affairs, 4(1), 367–386. https://doi.org/10.59673/amag.v4i1.149

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): Mexican Yearbook of Global Affairs 2025

Section

Chronicles