Dr. R. Evan Ellis

Dr. Evan Ellis is a research professor of Latin American Studies at the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, with a focus on the region’s relationships with China and other non-Western Hemisphere actors, as well as transnational organized crime and populism in the region.

Dr. Ellis has published over 400 works, including five books: the 2009 book China in Latin America: The Whats and Wherefores, the 2013 book The Strategic Dimension of Chinese Engagement with Latin America, the 2014 book, China on the Ground in Latin America, the 2018 book, Transnational Organized Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the 2022 book, China Engages Latin America: Distorting Development and Democracy?

He has given testimony on Latin America security issues to the US Congress on various occasions, has discussed his work regarding China and other external actors in Latin America on a broad range of radio and television programs, and is cited regularly in the print media in both the US and Latin America for his work in this area.

Dr. Ellis has also been awarded the Order of Military Merit José María Córdova by the Colombian government for his scholarship on security issues in the region.
 

Articles, Op-Eds, and Briefs (2023)

• “Recommendations for a Strategy for Responding to Extra-Hemispheric Actors in Latin America and the Caribbean,” Atlantic Council, forthcoming.
• “PRC Engagement with Central America – An Update,”  Center for Strategic Studies of the Peruvian Army (CEEEP), March 2023
• “Compromiso de la República Popular China con Centroamérica – Una actualización,” Center for Strategic Studies of the Peruvian Army (CEEEP), March 2023
• Challenges and Threats to Security in Latin America (CEEP), March 2023
• “Los riesgos de la penetración del régimen chino en Brasil,” Infobae, March 11, 2023
• “PRC Engagement with Central America – An Update,” Center for Strategic Studies of the Peruvian Army (CEEEP), March 7, 2023
• “Compromiso de la República Popular China con Centroamérica – Una actualización,” Center for Strategic Studies of the Peruvian Army (CEEEP), March 7, 2023
• “Entendiendo el interés del régimen chino en el Caribe: Estados Unidos, Taiwán y la importancia geográfica,” InfoBAE, February 27, 2023
• “Understanding PRC Political and Security Engagement in the Caribbean,” Global Americans, February 21, 2023
• “Understanding PRC Commercial Engagement and People-to-People Relations in the Caribbean,” Global Americans, February 17, 2023
• “The State of and Prospects for Brazil’s Relations with China,” Global Americans, February 15, 2023
• “Understanding PRC Commercial Engagement and People-to-People Relations in the Caribbean,” Global Americans, February 17, 2023
• A Strategy to Respond to Extra-hemispheric Actors in Latin America and the Caribbean, (Sheridan, WY: IndraStra Global Publishing Solutions, February 5, 2023)
• “Colombia’s Security Challenges, the Government Response, and the Future of US-Colombia Relations,” Center for Strategic and International Studies, February 2, 2023
• “Latin America Panorama,” Interview with Evan Ellis by Global Review scholar Ralf Ostner, Global Review, January 9, 2023
• “The Strategic Role of Latin America in a Global Conflict Over Taiwan,” Seguridad y Poder Terrestre, Vol. 2, No. 1, January-March 2023, 35, pp. 113-131
• “El Papel Estratégico de América Latina en un Conflicto Global por Taiwán,” Seguridad y Poder Terrestre, Vol. 2, No. 1, January-March 2023, 34, pp. 91-111
• “How US can Compete with China in Latin America,” National Defense Magazine, January 1, 2023