PhD in Social Sciences from FLACSO-Mexico. Full Professor of Political Science at the Center for International Relations, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico. She is co-coordinator of the CLACSO Working Group 'Studies on the United States'. Her main areas of research are: US geopolitics towards Latin America and Central Asia; US and Chinese economic diplomacy towards Latin America; US trade and political relations with Latin America; and economic integration in Latin America. In 2024, she was awarded the National University Recognition for Young Academics in the social sciences teaching category by UNAM, Mexico. She is a Level 1 member of the National System of Researchers. Her latest publications include: (2025), with Daniel Romero León and Joaquín Lozano Trejo; 200 Years of Mexico–United States Relations: A Historical Perspective, Universidad Veracruzana; and (2024), co-authored with Ivan Lopez and Enrique Méndez: 'Make Trade Policy Great Again: The USMCA between Populism and Trump', in Norteamérica. CISAN, UNAM Journal; and (2022) Regionalism and Interregionalism in Mexico's 4T Foreign Policy, co-edited with José Briceño Ruiz, KAS, AHD-SRE, CIALC-UNAM, FCPyS-UNAM.
Almost thirty years after the fall of the USSR, Central Asia remains one of the most forgotten regions on the planet. However, its relevance is growing due to its energetic and strategic importance since September 11, 2001 and the US attack against the Taliban in Afghanistan a month later. Since then, Americans, Russians and Chinese have wanted to influence the region, which is of great geopolitical importance due to its size, geographical position, natural resources and the role played by various countries within it. As a result, Central Asia has become an area of indisputable importance at both regional and international levels, which is why its study is essential today. Thus, this book analyzes how world powers are trying to define their relationships with the five countries within Central Asia and in so doing, it offers a contemporary geopolitical vision of a region that is important for its geography and resources.