She holds a PhD in Social Sciences from FLACSO-Mexico and is a tenured professor at the Center for International Relations of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She is also coordinator of the Observatory of the Binational Relationship Mexico-United States and the Interdisciplinary Seminar of Analysis of Conjuncture and Social Prospective, both at the FCPyS-UNAM. She is currently a member of the executive committee of the Global South Caucus of the International Studies Association (ISA), co-coordinator of the working group Studies on the United States, CLACSO, member of the advisory board of the Acervo Histórico Diplomático de la SRE and of the Editorial Board of International Studies Perspectives, Oxford University Press. She did a postdoctoral stay at the North American Research Center, CISAN-UNAM. Her main research interests are: foreign policy effects of asymmetric international trade, trade relations and policies of the United States with Latin America, economic integration in Latin America, China's economic diplomacy. She is a member of the National System of Researchers, level 1.
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.