Research

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Academic Publications

Conferences

Work in Progress

  1. “State Integration and Violence at the Margins: The Logic of Police Raids in Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas.” Howard Journal of Crime and Justice. Early view. 2025.

  2. “Review of Tren de Aragua: The Guide to America’s Growing Criminal Threat.” Book review. Approved for publication by The Latin Americanist. 2025.

  3. “Review of Under the Weight of Penalty: Research and Reflections on the Prison Universe.” Book review (in Portuguese). Latin American Review of Scientific Studies. Vol. 6. No. 27. 2025.

  4. “Brazil’s Rise, Militarism, and Revisiting the Nuclear Weapons Debate.” Pending review by the Nonproliferation Review. 2025.

  5. “The U.S. Is Helping Brazilian Police Kill.” North American Congress on Latin America (at New York University). 2025.

  6. "Laying the BRICS for a reshaped global order.” Co-authored with Sophie Egar. East Asia Forum. Vol. 7. 2023.

  7. “Aluminum Ore Mining in Southeastern Brazil: The Story of an Unjust Transition.” Co-authored with Sophie Egar. Perspectives: A Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies Publication. 2023.

  1. “Russian Disinformation, Criminal Networks, and Strategic Encroachment in the Central Andes.” Florida International University Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy - Analytic Outreach Papers. No. 71. 2025.

  2. “Russia’s Energy Interests in the Central Andes: Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador.” Florida International University Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy - Analytic Outreach Papers. No. 68. 2024.

  3. “Brazil’s Quest for Self-Reliance on Defence.” Commentary. Countertrade and Offset Review. July 2024 Edition. 2024.

  4. “Lithium and Conflict Politics in Bolivia: A Post-Trip Report.” Center on Conflict and Development at Texas A&M University. 2024.

  5. Report: Violent Crimes in Latin America’s Cities. London Politica. 2023.

  6. “Report: The State of NGOs and Civil Society in Bolivia.” Florida International University Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy - Analytic Outreach Program. 2023.

  1. “A Prison’s Worth of Killings: The Prison-Police Nexus in Bahia, Brazil.” Presented alongside Dr. Hollis Moore (Carleton University) and Hosanah Filho (Federal University of Bahia). Panel about policing at the International Conference on Punishment in Global Peripheries by the University of Oxford. December 12, 2025. University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa.

  2. “Solidarity or Revolt? Brazil and South-South Cooperation Under Dilma, Bolsonaro, and Lula.” Presented on a panel about rising powers and the international system at the First International Conference for Rethinking International Relations in an Age of Uncertainty. November 14, 2025. Hong Kong Chu Hai College in Hong Kong, HKSAR.

  3. “The Appropriation of South-South Cooperation by Emerging Powers: A Case Study of Brazil.” Presented on a panel about multilateralism and international relations theory at the Congress of the Colombian Network on International Relations. October 8, 2025. Icesi University in Cali, Colombia.

  4. “Russia’s Interests and Networks in Latin America.” Presented to about 100 analysts and managers at the J2 Intelligence Directorate of the United States Southern Command. April 23, 2025. Doral, Florida. 

  5. “Public Insecurity and Private Schooling in Bahia, Brazil.” Presented alongside Gary Frankel (Texas A&M University) at the International School Choice and Reform Conference. January 18, 2025. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

  6. “Why Police Kill More: Police Lethality and Public Security in Bahia.” Presented to students and faculty at the Federal University of Bahia as a guest speaker. November 21, 2024. Federal University of Bahia in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.

  7. “Russia’s Footprint in the Andes.” Presented to a group of military staffers and leaders at the Centro de Estudio Estratégicos del Ejército del Perú for a visit. September 16, 2024. Lima, Peru.

  8. “The Paradox of Progressive Governance and Police Violence in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.” Presented on a panel on policing and prisons for the Canadian Association for Latin American Studies Annual Congress. May 29, 2024. University of Québec at Montreal in Montreal, Canada. 

  9. “Peru’s Great Power Landscape.” Presented to a group of military staffers and leaders at the Centro de Estudio Estratégicos del Ejército del Perú for a visit. February 13, 2024. Lima, Peru.

  1. Paper on Political Incentives Behind Increasing Police Lethality in Bahia, Brazil.

  2. Paper on Police Lethality, Mass Incarceration, and a New Punitive Logic in Bahia, Brazil.

  3. Paper on the War on Drugs and Police Lethality in Bahia, Brazil.

  4. Paper Analyzing Economic Democracy in Venezuela under the PSUV.