Gallagher travels to China for Track Two Dialogue on US, China, and Global Economy
Pardee Professor and GDP Center Director, Kevin P. Gallagher, spent a week in China in January to participate in the U.S.-China Global Economic Order (GEO) Dialogue, a track two dialogue between ex-officials and experts from the United States and China on the global economic order. Now in its 11th year, the group is chaired by…
Heine on Active Non‑Alignment in a Fractured World
In a new article for The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs titled Which Way the World Order? A Rising South, a Fractured West, and the Path Ahead, Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies, examines the rapid transformation of the international order and the growing influence of the Global…
Heine on Latin America’s Response to Shifting U.S. Policy
In a recent interview on global reactions to U.S. foreign policy for The Heat, in part of CGTN America, Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Chilean diplomat to China and professor at the Pardee School, offered a stark assessment of Washington’s renewed invocation of the Monroe Doctrine. Heine argued that attempts to revive an 1823 framework for…
Hare’s View on Enduring Chavismo Under Trump’s Venezuela Gamble
Master Lecturer Paul Webster Hare penned a new article for the The Conversation, titled Chavismo has adapted before – but can Venezuela’s leftist ideology become US friendly and survive?, covering how the Trump administration’s January 2026 operation to remove Nicolás Maduro from power marked a dramatic turning point in U.S.–Venezuela relations—but not the clean break…
Heine on How Trump’s Latin America Strategy Opens New Doors for China
In a recent Weekend Essay for Bloomberg titled Trump’s Hard Line in Latin America Leaves China Room to Maneuver, published on January 16, 2026, Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Chilean diplomat and professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies, argues that the Trump administration’s hard-line approach toward Latin America is reshaping the region’s geopolitical landscape—while…
Heine Quoted on Venezuela’s Precedent and Reshaping Global Politics
In a POLITICO article titled After Venezuela operation, Trump says the whole hemisphere is in play, Jorge Heine, former Chilean ambassador and professor at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies, was cited. The authors, Eli Stokols and Daniella Cheslow, covered how the Trump administration’s seizure of Venezuela’s president and its declaration that “the whole hemisphere…
Heine on Chile’s Political Turn: A Historic Rightward Shift and Its Economic Stakes
In a featured Q&A titled What Will a New Right-Wing Gov’t Mean for Chile? in part of the Latin America Advisor, Jorge Heine, former Chilean cabinet minister and professor at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies, characterizes José Antonio Kast’s decisive presidential victory as a historic turning point in Chilean politics. Kast won more…
Heine on the “Unpredictable” Future the U.S. Intervention of Venezuela Holds
In his analysis titled ‘Running Venezuela’? Hegemony is one thing, dominance is another published by Responsible Statecraft on Jan. 6, 2026, Ambassador Jorge Heine argues that the United States’ bombing of Caracas, the port of La Guaira, and surrounding regions—along with the forcible removal of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife—marks a historic escalation in U.S.–Latin…
Heine on U.S.’s Venezuelan Intervention and Where to go from here
Jorge Heine was interviewed by CGTN Europe to unpack the recent United States military action on Venezuela, the removal of President Maduro, and respond to President Trump’s proclamation that the US will run Venezuela. Heine shared his skepticism for a straight-forward exchange of power. While the US was successful in removing President Maduro as the…
Heine’s Take on the “Donroe Doctrine”
Ishaan Tharoor’s column for the Washington Post titled The year of the ‘Donroe Doctrine’, published December 31, 2026, quoted Ambassador Jorge Heine reflecting on the Monroe Doctrine’s resurgence in contemporary United States’ relations to Latin America. The article argues that President Trump’s second-term Latin America policy, the so-called “Donroe Doctrine”, revives the language of the…
Heine on the Power of Latin America Amid US-Venezuela Tensions for CGTN
In a panel discussion for DIALOGUE–CGTN shared on December 23, 2025, Ambassador Jorge Heine investigated the Trump administration’s reasons behind heightening tensions with Venezuela and its path towards a serious military confrontation. Heine was joined by Professor Jiang Shixue, Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Shanghai University; Ben Norton, Editor-in-Chief of the…
Heine on Chile’s Rightward Turn and the Risks of Choosing Sides
In a reflection for Responsible Statecraft titled Trump shouldn’t overplay his hand with Chile’s new president, Ambassador Jorge Heine examines the regional and international implications of José Antonio Kast’s election as Chile’s next president. He argues that while his victory aligns neatly with the Trump administration’s hemispheric agenda, it presents significant challenges for Chile’s long-standing foreign policy…
Heine Examines Risks of the New “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine
Ambassador Jorge Heine’s most recent analysis titled, Trump’s ‘Monroe Doctrine 2.0’ completely misreads Latin America, was published by Responsible Statecraft on December 9, 2025. Throughout the piece, Heine highlights the significant implications of the Trump administration’s new “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine. This initiative has been featured prominently in the 2025 National Security Strategy…
Gallagher on How Trump-Era Policies Are Accelerating South–South Economic Cooperation
In a new analysis for The American Prospect, a magazine that discusses public policy and legislation, published November 27, 2025, Professor Kevin P. Gallagher and co-author José Antonio Ocampo, former Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia, argue that President Trump’s “America First” economic policies—marked by tariffs, pressure on trading partners, and a retreat from multilateralism—are…
Heine Discusses US-China Rivalry Amid a Non-Aligned Global South
Ambassador Jorge Heine unpacks how active non-alignment is helping the Global South navigate the era of polycrisis amid U.S.-China tensions in a new podcast.
Amb. Jorge Heine on ‘In Pursuit of Development’ Podcast
Ambassador Jorge Heine, former research professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies and Chilean ambassador to China, India, and South Africa, joined Dan Banik from the In Pursuit of Development podcast on November 1, 2025. They discussed Heine’s new book, The Non-Aligned World: Striking Out in an Era of Great Power Competition (2025), and Banik…
Heine Discusses Active Non-Alignment and India’s Potential with The Wire India
Ambassador Jorge Heine, former professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies and diplomat, was in conversation with Siddharth Varadarajan of The Wire India. They discussed the concepts behind his two recent books, Active Non-Alignment (2023) and The Unaligned World (2025), which both unpack the histories, motivations, and realities which inform the current Active Non-Alignment…
Heine Unpacks Key Ideas Behind New Book with The Democracy Forum
Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Research Professor at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Chilean Ambassador to China, was interviewed by Humphrey Hawksley of The Democracy Forum to dive into his recent publication, The Non-Aligned World: Striking Out in an Era of Great Power Competition, co-authored with Carlos Fortin and Carlos Ominami. Click…
Heine on Why Ecuador Turned to China, Not the U.S
Ambassador Jorge Heine’s article was published by Responsible Statecraft on September 4, 2025. Check out the full article here. Throughout the article, Heine highlights Ecuador’s heavy reliance on China — the country’s top source of foreign direct investment in 2024. With Ecuador facing large foreign-debt burdens, oil-price swings, and the need for hard currency, Chinese…
Hare Discusses Trump’s Venezuela Push
Professor Paul Webster Hare, former British ambassador to Cuba, shared his thoughts on Trump Administration’s policy objectives for Venezuela with the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle on October 17, 2025. In the article, he said Trump’s approach to the Maduro regime was a “special case” rather than a signal of increasing US intervention into the region. “Trump…