Hoy en letra de molde para La Nación

Next week, we will be hosting the former Portuguese Minister of Defence, Helena Carreiras, at UCL www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-peac...

Thank you for this great review @raulaldaz.bsky.social ! If after reading this great review anyone is interested in the book (for yourselves or your libraries) feel free to use this discount voucher valid until Friday

New podcast on how war made the state in Latin America. Ideal for a relaxing Saturday afternoon

Este documento indaga en la inutilidad de la aspersión aerea para erradicar cultivos de coca y demas, la cual generalmente provoca mas violencia y deslegitima al estado, incentivando la violencia contra agentes estatales www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

If we set aside ad-hoc explanations, two forces stand out in shaping global development: colonial institutions and war—even if the former fails to explain Europe itself. Latin America has long tilted the debate away from the latter, but what if the real driver was war here as well?👇

Thrilled to join @notredame.bsky.social London on Thu, Oct 16, 6pm to discuss trends in democracy from a Latin American perspective, with former @apsa.bsky.social and @ipsa.org president D. Pinderhughes, E. Gonzalez Ocantos, B. Forjwuor and L. Keita. 4 Suffolk St www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/perspectiv...

#OpenAccess from July 2025 - Spraying Conflict: Aerial Drug Eradication and Armed Violence in Colombia - cup.org/473YHcr - Juan Felipe Campos-Contreras, Camilo Nieto-Matiz & @llschenoni.bsky.social#OpenAccess

Today at Princeton University the intellectual father meets the son: Miguel Centeno and I will be discussing the arguments in Bringing War Back In at 12pm, Aaron Burr Hall, Room 216. Come join the conversation! plas.princeton.edu/events/2025/...

Starting in an hour (4 PM local time) at Pan Pacific Vancouver - Oceanview 5! 👇

Call For Papers - Special Issue: "War and the State in Latin America" with the Journal of Latin American Studies 📢 please retweet! The deadline for proposals is October 30, 2025. Invited proposals must be submitted next year by January 30.

I apparently wrote the best book of 2024/25 in International Relations 😱🥳 Huge thanks to the generous committee!

Counting down! Just one week until I get to discuss how war made the state in Latin America with an incredible AMC panel at APSA! Venue is still TBA, but save the time to participate if you are around.

With Brussels moving forward with the EU - #Mercosur agreement, this morning @andresmalamud.bsky.social presented the study he co-authored with @llschenoni.bsky.social on “Geopolitical aspects of the EU-Mercosur agreement” at the #AFET Committee meeting 📚🌍 Read it here 🔗 tepsa.eu/analysis/geo...

Call For Papers - Special Issue: "War and the State in Latin America" with the Journal of Latin American Studies 📢 please retweet! The deadline for proposals is October 30, 2025. Invited proposals must be submitted next year by January 30.

Glad to be spending some time at Princeton University to wrap up my sabbatical year, hosted by the Latin American Studies Program. I’ll be arriving Sept 1 eager to catch up with friends & faculty—if you’re around, let me know! plas.princeton.edu/people/luis-...

NEW - Spraying Conflict: Aerial Drug Eradication and Armed Violence in Colombia - cup.org/473YHcr "Aerial spraying... propitiates retaliatory violence against the state, stimulates turf wars..." - Juan Felipe Campos-Contreras, Camilo Nieto-Matiz & @llschenoni.bsky.social #OpenAccess

On behalf of IPSA’s Research Committee 27 (sponsor of @govjournal.bsky.social), I’m pleased to share that the 2025 Levine Prize Honorable Mention goes to Bringing War Back In by Luis Schenoni @llschenoni.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org.👏

@llschenoni.bsky.social's 'Bringing War Back In' received an Honorable Mention for the Levine Prize at #IPSA2025 🇰🇷 and is now required reading for PhD comps at Waseda University 🇯🇵 🏅 As a Visiting Fellow at IDE-JETRO, he’s also given talks at Hitotsubashi, Kobe, and the U of Tokyo. buff.ly/PV69HL9

Ok, so I finally finished reading this book by @llschenoni.bsky.social. If your are into states and development (in and beyond Latin America), you have to read it! The book is theoretically ambitious and has a clever and brilliant research design. (1/4)

🗣️ #NewStudy - In the latest study coordinated by TEPSA for the AFET Committee of the European Parliament, @andresmalamud.bsky.social & @llschenoni.bsky.social ‬ examine the Geopolitical aspects of the EU-Mercosur agreement Read in full 🔗 tepsa.eu/analysis/geo...

Honorable mention for Best Article: @llschenoni.bsky.social, Gary Goertz, Andrew Owsiak, and Paul Diehl, “The Saavedra Lamas Peace: How a Norm Complex Evolved and Crystallized to Eliminate War in the Americas,” International Studies Quarterly, doi.org/10.1093/isq/...

Congratulations @llschenoni.bsky.social! We're lucky to have you!

John J. Mearsheimer, one of the giants of IR and a leading voice in realist theory, praised Bringing War Back In as "a truly impressive book (...) that shows in great deal how war helped make the state in Latin America." www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...

Resumida en seis mil caracteres apresurados, esta es la mejor forma que se me ocurre de dar sentido a los cuatro ejes más controvertidos—y para muchos, irracionales—de la política exterior de Trump. Sale mañana en letra de molde. www.lanacion.com.ar/estados-unid...

Sid Tarrow, a foundational scholar of contentious politics and Charles Tilly’s longtime collaborator, calls Bringing War Back In a valuable addition to the state formation canon, praising both the analysis and historical depth. Humbled and grateful! www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...

reading the last issue of the Journal of Democracy, with a series of excellent pieces about the third wave (fifty years after it began) by Scott Mainwaring, Dan Slater, and Rachel Beatty Riedl www.journalofdemocracy.org

Truly grateful for these kind words from one of my favorite political scientists, Stathis Kalyvas. The paperback is out soon and already up for preorder on Amazon www.amazon.com/Bringing-War...

Some humbling words from two rising stars in academia: Ana Vedovato (Northwestern) and Agostina Dasso (Princeton). See what they—and other brilliant colleagues—are saying in the Amazon reviews, and don’t be shy: share your own take! www.amazon.com/Bringing-War...

More praise, now from Victoria Tin-bor Hui, the student of Tilly who demonstrated how war made the state in Chinese history. Check out what she generously considers "the most ambitious work on state formation to date" here: amazon.co.uk/Bringing-War...

More praise, now from Jim Mahoney, author of the multi-award winning "Colonialism and Postcolonial Development." Check out what he generously considers a modern-day comparative-historical masterpiece: amazon.co.uk/Bringing-War... (and please do leave your own endorsement on Amazon!)

Join us in welcoming back to Kellogg Luis Schenoni (UC London) for a discussion of his book "Bringing War Back In" (Cambridge Univ Press) - catch the livestream at 4pm Thursday, March 6, at 4pm or watch the video afterward at bit.ly/4bt14Wq @llschenoni.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social

Praise is pouring in, and the first comes from James Robinson, the 2024 Nobel Prize winner in Economics. Check out this explanation of Latin American state weakness here: www.amazon.co.uk/Bringing-War... (and please do leave your own endorsement on Amazon!)

Zelensky vs Trump? The real clash today was Mazzuca vs Schenoni at @NorthwesternU An all-Argentine debate. Did war or trade made the Latin American state? That was the question.

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state... This is by far the best, clearest and most realistic analysis of what we're in for that I've seen.

The Kellogg Institute is now officially on Bluesky! Please spread the word and follow us!

When Kevin Middlebrook passed away during the pandemic, the leading seminar on Latin America in the UK, which he organized with Lawrence Whitehead, was canceled. This Thursday, it revives at Canning House, and I have the honor of being the first speaker. Long live the Latin American Academic Forum!

By slashing USAID funding, Trump is forfeiting one of the key tools the U.S. has used to influence regime change round the world since WWII. Our research with Scott Mainwaring shows how USAID shaped regime survival in Latin America—the statistical and case-by-case findings speak for themselves.

People often ask me, "What are the policy implications of your 19th-century research?" Well, if your policy involves top hats, cholera, or poorly lit cobblestone streets, I'm obviously your person. But seriously, it's also useful for figuring this out: theloop.ecpr.eu/what-ukraine...

Examines how the outcome of wars in the distant past have shaped the modern Latin American states of today. Bringing War Back In by @llschenoni.bsky.social Out Now #AcademicSky #LatinAmericanPolitics cup.org/4gXUfy3

In their 2022 #openaccess article "Myths of Multipolarity" Luis L Schenoni , Pedro Feliú Ribeiro, Dawisson Belém Lopes , and Guilherme Gasarões use the case of Brazil to tackle the question of why middle powers expand #ForeignPolicy goals beyond their capabilities academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...

#Polisky 🗂️ Call for papers Bocconi University-Columbia Universiy Conference on Political, Social, & Economic Inequality 🔄 Yearly occurring conference, inaugural conference at Bocconi, June 19-20, 2025. 📆 Deadline: December 31, 2024 ℹ️ 500 words abstract form: accounts.google.com/v3/signin/id...

Here’s a starter pack of Kellogg Institute (ND ☘️) Fellows: current and former PhD students, faculty, visiting. 😊 Let me know if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/CoZB5N8 And help spread the word. @marcjacob.bsky.social @lgamboa.bsky.social @aperezli.bsky.social

🎙️ Listen to Luis discuss his research on our podcast: ucl-uncovering-politics.simplecast.com/episodes/how... 🫰 Buy the book: www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...

We are excited to share "Bringing War Back In". @llschenoni.bsky.social reveals how wars triggered state-building, influenced legitimacy, and shaped long-term state capacity, providing a fresh framework for understanding global variation. 📖 Luis' blog about the book: broadstreet.blog/2024/09/12/h...

Bringing War Back In, libro de la quincena. Gracias, Manolo! manuelalcantarasaez.com/bringing-war...

Timely joining bsky on the date "Bringing War Back In" was published worldwide with Cambridge UP. Check it out if you are interested in how war makes states also in its aftermath, and how the wars of a distant past explain the variation of state capacity within Latin America until today.

Most recent book is "Banking on Beijing" with @adreher.bsky.social, @fuchsa.bsky.social, @austinstrange.bsky.social, and Brad Parks using data from AidData on China's development finance. See here: www.amazon.com/Banking-Beij.... A recent article is in the first comment. 1/2

🥳 My paper is out @iojournal.bsky.social! Two main empirical takeaways: 1. States often don't fight over lands with resources, even when they can claim it for historical reasons. 2. Historical boundaries matter in how states shape their territorial claims. For more, abstract and paper below!

I write about Chile's recent elections stage a comeback for traditional parties, and the implications for next year's presidential race. globalamericans.org/traditional-...