@KevinBFunk

Political economy & Latin America @global_thoughts @Columbia_PolSci @ILASColumbia @SecurityContext • author of "Rooted Globalism": https://xitter.cf/t.co/M81IZqvZr0

 NYC/Rio de Janeiro/Valparaíso
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Joined February 2013
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Publication day has arrived (tinyurl.com/5n6pt9y7)! Drawing from ethnographic interviews with Arab-Latin American elites, I elucidate the making of interregional ties and scrutinize the claim that global capitalists have a cosmopolitan consciousness. Key contributions 🧵:
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Nova resenha do meu livro na Revista Brasileira de Ciência Política: scielo.br/j/rbcpol/a/jZXHgqg…

Globalismo enraizado e as elites árabe-latino-americanas

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A new article in @agbinews for which I was interviewed @ILASColumbia @global_thoughts @Columbia_PolSci agbi.com/trade/2026/06/cfi-j…

CFI joins growing Gulf expansion into Latin America

As Dubai-based online trading platform CFI Financial Group expands into Latin America, CEO Ziad Melhem sees similarities with the GCC

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My new (open-access) essay on lulismo/Lula’s third (and potential fourth) term, Brazil’s development paradoxes, and the promises and pitfalls of Brazilian climate diplomacy and Global South relations: logosjournal.com/article/lul… @ILASColumbia @global_thoughts @Columbia_PolSci

Lula, Brazil, and a World in Flux - Logos Journal

The contentious United Nations COP30 climate summit, held in November 2025 in Belém, Brazil, provides a useful reference point for making sense of the host country’s global agenda, as well as...

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A new article for which I was interviewed @ILASColumbia @global_thoughts @Columbia_PolSci
AGBI - Arabian Gulf Business Insight@agbinewsJan 29
South American trade bloc turns to UAE as other deals falter agbi.com/analysis/trade/2026…

South American trade bloc turns to UAE as other deals falter

The need to clinch a UAE trade deal is growing for South America’s Mercosur bloc as US tariffs roil commerce and an EU agreement stalls

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Happy to be able to share a forum about my book “Rooted Globalism” (tinyurl.com/5n6pt9y7) from the journal International Politics, with contributions by 3 gracious interlocutors: @elo_brun, @sferabolli23, and @jasweidner. Links below!

Rooted Globalism

Does the concept of nationality apply to the economic elite, or have they shed national identities to form a global capitalist class?In Rooted Globalism, Kev...

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link.springer.com/article/10… (introduction) link.springer.com/article/10… (@sferabolli23) link.springer.com/article/10… (@elo_brun) link.springer.com/article/10… (@jasweidner) link.springer.com/article/10… (conclusion)
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@global_thoughts @Columbia_PolSci @ILASColumbia @SecurityContext
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link.springer.com/article/10…

Rooted globalism

International Politics - This book can be read from different academic perspectives: critical thinking, sociological capitalism, and South-South relations. It offers a microstudy of Latin American...

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🥳 ¡Nueva reseña! En "International Politics", Kevin Funk nos reunió a algunas personas para comentar su libro "Rooted Globalism", un indispensable para aprender sobre las relaciones entre América Latina y Medio Oriente, mediante la diáspora, y sobre el capitalismo global.
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Honored to have been invited to write the afterword, "Toward a Cultural Political Economy of Arab-Latin American Relations," for the wonderful new volume, "Art and Politics between the Arab World and Latin America" @Mepbon @GuirguisLa45578 @Brill_Social brill.com/display/title/6841…
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@ILASColumbia @global_thoughts @Columbia_PolSci
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Thanks to @__queli for the thoughtful review of my book "Rooted Globalism" in Journal of Cultural Economy @JCultEcon @iupress: doi.org/10.1080/17530350.202…

Rooted Globalism: Arab–Latin American Business Elites and the Politics of Global Imaginaries

Published in Journal of Cultural Economy (Vol. 19, No. 5, 2026)

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Ever wonder about #medical #policies? Join us for this event with @Nefertari90, @KevinBFunk and Sebastian Calonico. 🗓️ Mar 13, 2025 ⏰1:00 – 2:30 PM EST 🚩 Room 802, IAB, or online. Register through the QR code for Zoom as well.
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A new article for which I was interviewed @ILASColumbia
AGBI - Arabian Gulf Business Insight@agbinews17 Feb 2025
Gulf-South America trade surges as economies grow agbi.com/analysis/trade/2025…

Gulf-South America trade surges as economies grow

When Emirates started flying from Dubai to Bogotá in Colombia last summer, it highlighted trade links between the Gulf and South America

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A recent article for which I was interviewed, focusing on Gulf-Latin American trade @VOANews
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In wake of G20, Gulf states boost ties to Brazil, Latin America voanews.com/a/in-wake-of-g20…

In wake of G20, Gulf states boost ties to Brazil, Latin America

Trade deals concluded at this month’s meetings in Brazil focused on food security and economic cooperation

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Many thanks to @MartaTawil and Amentahru Wahlrab for such thoughtful reviews of my book in Latin American Policy (doi.org/10.1111/lamp.12351), @SpacePolity (doi.org/10.1080/13562576.202…), & The Latin Americanist (muse.jhu.edu/article/936911)!

Latin American Policy | PSO Journal | Wiley Online Library

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🚀 Excited to share that Prof. @KevinBFunk 's latest paper, "A (Neoliberal) 'New World Economic Geography': Latin American-Middle Eastern Relations in an Emerging Age of Multipolarity," is now published! 📚 Links ⬇️
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Muito obrigado, @anasaggioro & @octavioh22, for the insightful review of my book in @CambridgeCRIA! Available at: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… @iupress

Rooted globalism. Arab–Latin American business elites and the politics of global imaginaries

Published in Cambridge Review of International Affairs (Vol. 37, No. 2, 2024)

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Happy to have contributed the entry on the “capitalist class” in the new and much-needed “Encyclopedia of Critical Political Science.” Available at elgaronline.com/display/book… @ElgarPublishing
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Looking forward to today's conversation at @TrinityCollege about my book, hosted by the Center for Urban and Global Studies
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