German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

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Rafael Castro Alegría

Former Doctoral Researcher

Rafael Castro Alegría

  • Short CV

    • Since 05/2018: Doctoral Student at the GIGA Doctoral Programme.

    • 2016 - 2017: Full-time professor at the Department of International Relations at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana of Bogotá

    • 2015 - 2016: Lecturer on Introduction to International Relations and Theories of International Relations at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana of Bogotá

    • 2014 - 2017: Researcher at the Research Group on International Relations, Latin America and Integration (GRIALI) at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana of Bogotá

    • Education: M.A. in International Relations, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana of Bogotá. Lawyer by the Santiago de Cali University. 

    Current Research

    • Regionalism in Latin America and Southeast Asia

    • Discourse Analysis and International Relations

    • Foreign Policy of Colombia

    Countries and Regions

    • Latin America

    • Colombia

    Dissertation

    • Crisis and Regional (Dis)Integration: A Post-structuralist Approach

    Rafael Castro Alegría

    Former Doctoral Researcher

    Publications

    Relaciones Internacionales | 02/2023

    El Covid-19 y la Crisis del Regionalismo Latinoamericano: Lecciones que Pueden ser Aprendidas y sus Limitaciones

    This article takes stock of the response of Latin American and Caribbean regional organizations to covid-19. In particular, it questions whether they have contributed to coping with the pandemic and seeks to find explanations for the considerable divergence between the responses of nine regional organizations.

    Prof. Dr. Detlef Nolte

    Associate

    Rafael Castro Alegría

    Former Doctoral Researcher

    GIGA Focus Latin America | 1/2021

    When Tone Is Not Everything: Joe Biden and Latin America

    Joe Biden’s election has raised many expectations. However, due to long-established legacies and predominant bipartisan consensus around the United States’ Western Hemisphere policy, changes will be in tone rather than in substance. This GIGA Focus introduces four topics, that will shape the agenda.

    Rafael Castro Alegría

    Former Doctoral Researcher

    Policy Paper | 02/2020

    Auge y Estancamiento de la Alianza del Pacífico

    Eduardo Pastrana

    Rafael Castro Alegría

    Former Doctoral Researcher

    GIGA Focus Latin America | 4/2019

    The Lima Summit: A Trial by Fire for the Pacific Alliance

    Rafael Castro Alegría

    Former Doctoral Researcher

    Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz

    Associate / Head of Leibniz Junior Research Group

    Chapter in Edited Volume | 2019

    With a Little Help from my Friends: Retos y Perspectivas de Colombia en la Alianza del Pacífico

    Rafael Castro Alegría

    Former Doctoral Researcher

    Eduardo Pastrana

    Media Contributions

    Business Insider | Quote | 25/01/2019

    Machtkampf in Venezuela: Wie Russland und China in Amerikas Hinterhof ihr eigenes Süppchen kochen

    Lectures

    German Institute for Global and Area Studies | 01/03/2023

    If the War on Drugs has Failed, What’s Next?

    Organiser: German Institute for Global and Area Studies Catalina Niño (Panelist), Maximilian Funke (Panelist), Dr. Yulia Vorobyeva (Panelist), Rafael Castro Alegría (Moderator)

    Catalina Niño

    Maximilian Funke

    Dr. Yulia Vorobyeva

    Rafael Castro Alegría

    GIGA Talk | 26/01/2022

    Has America Come Back? President Biden’s Foreign Policy towards the Global South

    Has America Come Back? President Biden’s Foreign Policy towards the Global South, Online event Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Prof. Dr. Christian von Soest (Speaker), Rafael Castro Alegría (Speaker), Dastan Jasim (Speaker), Dr. David Kuehn (Moderator)

    Prof. Dr. Christian von Soest

    Rafael Castro Alegría

    Dastan Jasim

    Dr. David Kuehn

    Conference | 23/05/2018 - 26/05/2018

    The Pacific Alliance as an Axis of a post-TPP Interregionalism

    LASA2018, Barcelona Organisers: Latin American Studies Association Rafael Castro Alegría (Speaker)

    Rafael Castro Alegría

    Former Doctoral Researcher

    Teaching

    Teaching | Universität Hamburg | 2021

    Introduction to Latin American Institutions and Thinking in International Relations

    Universität Hamburg Hamburg Germany

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