​In addition to my academic publications and teaching, I also occasionally contribute to the public discourse on topics relevant to my areas of academic expertise.​

• “How Much of a Threat is Tren de Aragua in the U.S.?”, December 9, 2024, Americas Quarterly, with Charles Larratt-Smith.
• "Who Has the Edge in Uruguay’s Runoff Election?”, The Latin America Advisor, The Inter-American Dialogue, October 30, 2024.
• "Who Has the Edge in Ecuador’s Election Next Year?”, The Latin America Advisor, The Inter-American Dialogue, August 30, 2024.
• "Will a Bicameral Congress Improve Peru’s Stability?”, The Latin American Advisor, The Inter-American Dialogue, April 30, 2024.
• "What Do Protests Mean for Ecuador’s Mining Industry?”, The Latin American Advisor, The Inter-American Dialogue, April 16, 2024.
• “Would Reforming Peru’s Congress Improve Stability?”, The Latin American Advisor, The Inter-American Dialogue, December 4, 2023.
• “Can Ecuador’s Next President Make the Country Safer?”, The Latin American Advisor, The Inter-American Dialogue, November 30, 2023.
• ​“What Would BRICS Expansion Mean for Latin America?”, The Latin American Advisor, The Inter-American Dialogue, August 14, 2023.
• ​“Muerte Cruzada and Ecuadorian Democracy” in Global Americans, 7 June 2023.
• "Muerte cruzada y la inestabilidad presidencial en América Latina", International IDEA, 27 May 2023.
  • ​English version: Politico Tech Global
• “Is Corruption in Uruguay Shaking the Public’s Trust?”, The Latin American Advisor, The Inter-American Dialogue, January 18, 2023.
• “Are Ecuador’s Indigenous Groups Gaining Power?”, The Latin American Advisor, The Inter-American Dialogue, 3 November, 2022.
• "En defensa de los partidos políticos", Zoom Electoral, International IDEA, 17 September 2022.
• "Ecuador’s Return to the Past" in American University’s AULA Blog, 27 July 2021.
• “Coup or No Coup: Conceptualizing the Capitol Attacks” in Fruits and Votes, 7 February 2021.
• "What's at Stake in Ecuador's Presidential Vote?" in Latin American Advisor, The Inter American Dialogue, 7 January 2021.
• "The Pandemic in Venezuela. Challenges and Side Effects", in ReVista, the Harvard Review of Latin America, 4 November 2020.
• "Las elecciones, el 'Sunshine State' y Venezuela", Agenda Pública in El País, (Spain), 8 September 2020.
• "Ecuador’s 2019 Local Elections" for Matthew Shugart's Fruits and Votes blog, 28 June 2020.
• “Ecuador: Growing Political and Economic Repercussions of COVID-19” in American University’s AULA Blog, 15May 2020.
• “Why the United States’ maximum pressure approach toward Nicolás Maduro is unlikely to stabilize Venezuela”, American Politics and Policy blog, The London School of Economics, 28 April 2020.
  • ​Reprinted in the LSE Latin America and Caribbean blog, 11 May 2020.
• "Will Correa’s Graft Conviction Upend Ecuador’s Politics?" in Latin American Advisor, The Inter American Dialogue, 14 April 2020.
• “Venezuela & COVID19 Geopolitics” on the Latin American Intersections Podcast with Brian Fonseca and Michael Scadden, 2 April 2020.
• “Venezuela: ¿Estado débil o fallido?”, Agenda Pública in El País, (Spain), 12 February 2020.
  • Reprinted by the Fundación Manuel Giménez Abad (El Salvador), 14 February 2020.
  • Summarized as "Venezuela, ¿Estado débil o fallido?: así lo analiza El País de España" in El Pitazo (Caracas)
• “Politicization and the Institutional Legitimacy of the Venezuelan Armed Forces”, in Panoramas, University of Pittsburgh, 18 October 2019.
• “Ecuador: President Moreno’s Pyrrhic Victory” in American University’s AULA Blog, 17 October 2019.
• "End of Violent Mass Protests in Ecuador? Austerity Package Canceled", Warcast Podcast, War on the Rocks, 15 October 2019.
• ​“The parliamentarization of presidentialism—or just another presidential crisis?” in Global Americans, 4 October 2019.
• "El impacto de las sanciones económicas de EE.UU. sobre Venezuela", Agenda Pública in El País, (Spain), 21 May 2019.
• "Venezuela Crisis with John Polga-Hecimovich", Heinz Radio, Policy Series, 19 May 2019.
• "What do military service members think about diversity — especially gender diversity — in their ranks?" (with John M. Carey and Yusaku Horiuchi) in The Washington Post's "The Monkey Cage" blog, 2 May 2019.
• "Ecuador: Moreno Reverses Another Correa Policy" in American University’s AULA Blog, 18 April 2019.
• ​"Why Venezuela’s oil money could keep undermining its economy and democracy" (with Scott Morgenstern), in The Conversation, 8 February 2019.
  • ​​Reprinted in Public Radio International​, Business Insider​, The San Francisco Chronicle​, The Houston Chronicle​, WHYY (Philadelphia and Delaware)​, WTOP (Washington, DC, Maryland, Virginia)​, and others
• "Juan Guiadó y Venezuela…¿evitan el golpe de estado?", Oraculus: Política y Gobierno (Mexico), 31 January 2019.
• "AMLO ante la crisis venezolana, una falla política y moral" (with Rafael D'Armas) for Infobae, 27 January 2019.
• “Two Presidents: Optimism and Caution for Venezuela” on the Latin American Intersections Podcast with Michael Scadden, 25 January 2019.
• “Ecuador: Lenín Moreno's Balancing Act” in American University’s AULA Blog, 6 November 2018.
•  “Venezuela Update and China-Venezuela Relations” on the Latin American Intersections Podcast with Michael Scadden, 26 July 2018.
• ​“The 'Real Venezuela' is Exactly What You Think” in the University of Pittsburgh's Panoramas Blog, 12 June 2018.
• “Venezuelan Politics, Military, and Election Results” on the Latin American Intersections Podcast with Michael Scadden, 8 June 2018.
• “Constitutional Change in Ecuador: Improving Democratic Accountability—and Constraining a Rival” in ConstitutionNet, International IDEA, 31 March 2018.
•  “Ecuador: Referendum Marks Critical Juncture for Moreno and Correa” in American University’s AULA Blog, 2 February 2018.
• “Las municipales y panorama 2018” on the Venezuela Global Podcast with José de Bastos and Mariano de Alba, 7 December 2017.
• "Getting Rid of the President" (with Aníbal Pérez-Liñán) in the Presidential Power blog, 14 June 2017
• “Ecuador: Moreno's Victory Probably Not Enough” in American University’s AULA Blog, 9 May 2017. 
• “Cómo funcionaría un gobierno de coalición en Ecuador” (with Andrés Mejía Acosta) in 4 Pelagatos, 7 March 2017.
• “Ecuador votes on Sunday. These are 5 things you need to know”, in The Washington Post's "The Monkey Cage" blog, 17 February 2017.
• “A Return to Political Instability for Ecuador?” in American University’s AULA Blog, 17 February 2017. 
•  “The Venezuelan Mess” on Dr. Gregory Weeks’ Podcast Understanding Latin American Politics, 1 November 2016.
• “Bringing International Pressure to Bear on Nicolás Maduro”, “Three Factors Driving Venezuela’s Impasse”, and “How Venezuela Got Into this Mess” (with Matthew M. Taylor) in Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), 28 October 2016.
• “Brazil’s impeachment process is not a coup (or, how I learned to stop worrying and love impeachment)​” in Latin America Goes Global, 27 April 2016.
• “How Did Venezuela’s MUD Get Its Supermajority?” in Latin America Goes Global, 14 December 2015
• “Party Nationalization after the 2013 Ecuadorian Legislative and Presidential Election” (with Jason A. Eichorst), in The Monkey Cage, 14 March 2013.
• “¿Cómo se mide la moralidad de las acciones de WikiLeaks?” in Gurú Político, 15 December 2010, Mexico City, Mexico. 
• “Asamblea y transparencia” in Diario El Hoy, Quito, Ecuador, 13 August 2009.