Ximena Zapata M.

Tabs

Personal Information

Research Fellow / Doctoral Student

GIGA Institute of Latin American Studies

Neuer Jungfernstieg 21
20354 Hamburg
Germany

Tel +49 (0)40 - 428 25-792

Fax +49 (0)40 - 428 25-562

ximena.zapata@giga-hamburg.de

Short biography

Since 10/2015: Doctoral Student at the GIGA Institute of Latin American Studies, DAAD scholarship holder
2013 - 05/2015: Analyst of International Cooperation at the Secretaría Técnica de Cooperación Internacional (SETECI, Ecuador) and the Consorcio de Gobiernos Autónomos Provinciales del Ecuador (CONGOPE)
2013: Consultant for the Project "Dynamics of Political and Economic Cooperation in Iberoamerica", Research Centre for International Cooperation and Development, Universidad Nacional de San Martin (UNSAM) Buenos Aires, Argentin
2011 - 2013: Research Assistant and scholarship holder, FLACSO-Ecuador
Education: M.Sc. International Relations, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, FLACSO-Ecuador; Bachelor in Modern Languages and International Affairs, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

Research & Teaching

GIGA Research Programme

Power and Ideas

Current Research

Ecuadorian Foreign Policy
Emerging Powers: China and Brazil
International Cooperation
South-South Cooperation, Integration and Regionalism in Latin America

Dissertation Topic

Foreign policy strategies of Andean countries compared: standing towards emerging power (working title)

Countries and Regions

Ecuador

Publications

Recent Articles

Daniele, Benzi / Zapata, Ximena (2017), Good-Bye Che? Scope, Identity, and Change in Cuba’s South–South Cooperation, in: Isaline Bergamaschi / Phoebe Moore / Arlene Beth Tickner (eds.), South-South Cooperation Beyond the Myths: Rising Donors, New Aid Practices?, London/New York/Melbourne: Palgrave Mcmillan

Benzi, Daniele / Zapata, Ximena (2014), Petrolio e petrodollari nella politica internazionale del Venezuela. Una breve rassegna storica (1958-2012), in: Visioni LatinoAmericane, Centro Studi per l'America Latina, 11

Benzi, Daniele / Zapata, Ximena / Guayasamín, Tomás (2013), La Cooperación Brasileña y Venezolana en Bolivia y Ecuador en el Marco del Nuevo Regionalismo Sudamericano: un Análisis Comparativo, in: Revista Sul-Americana de Ciência Política, 1, 3, 22-42

Benzi, Daniele / Zapata, Ximena (2013), Geopolítica, economía y solidaridad internacional en la nueva cooperación sur -sur: el caso de la Venezuela bolivariana y Petrocaribe, in: América Latina Hoy, 63, 65-89

Recent Miscellaneous

Zapata, Ximena (2014), Cooperación en seguridad y defensa en América del Sur : el caso de la Unión Suramericana de Naciones (UNASUR) y el Consejo de Defensa Suramericano (CDS), in: Tesis FLACSO Sede Ecuador, Quito

Events & Media

Recent Lectures

Lecture

The role of Venezuela and Petrocaribe in the new South-South Cooperation

XXIII Annual ILASSA Student Conference

2013 | Texas

Lecture

Venezuelan foreign policy: 1999-2013: a critical analysis

Symposium: The Bolivarian Revolution: a necessary balance

2013 | Quito

Lecture

Venezuelan and Brazilian Cooperation in Bolivia and Ecuador in the New South-American regionalism: a comparative analysis

Seminar: Interpreting the Andes: new paradigms for XXI century

2013 | Paraná, Branzil

Lecture

Ecuador in the Discipline of International Relations, 2000-2012

6th Latin American Congress of Political Science "Political Research in Latin America"

2012 | Ecuador