Our Faculty
Evan Ellis
Lecturer
- rellis@miami.edu
- 305-284-4796
Dr. Evan Ellis is an Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc, with an emphasis on Latin American security issues and business and military simulation, and an Adjunct Professor with the University of Miami. His work includes studies of the investment and national security implications of Chinese trade and investment initiatives in the region, as well as studies of populism, political mobilization in Venezuela and democratic security in Colombia. Dr. Ellis’ work also extends to simulation-based analysis in support of the strategic decisions of various public and private sector clients. Dr. Ellis has presented his work in a broad range of business and government forums in the United States, Peru, Chile, Mexico, Argentina and the United Kingdom. Dr. Ellis holds a PhD in political science with a comparative politics specialization in ethnic violence. His other publications include “Embracing the Dragons: China and Populism in Latin America” (forthcoming), “The Military-Strategic Dimensions of Chinese Initiatives in Latin America”, “El Nuevo Romance Chino Con América Latina,” “Business as Usual?” (on the 2006 Mexican Elections), “US National Security Implications of Chinese Involvement in Latin America,” “A New Chinese-Led Economic Order for Latin America?,” “The Sociopolitical Destabilization of Venezuela: A system dynamics perspective on the interaction of elite rhetoric, sociopolitical structure, and mass mobilization,” Latin and South America: A Case Study in Emergent Geopolitical Viruses,” “Organizational Learning Dominance: The Emerging Key to Success in the New Era of Warfare” and “Nodal Analysis and its Role in Precision Strike.” Dr. Ellis is currently working on a book on the ties between China and Latin America for Lynne Rienner publishers, as well as a study based in system dynamics, “El Impacto de Comercio con China En los Economías y Sociedades de América Latina”
