Email: morales@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Education
- Ph.D. in Social Sciences, University of Guadalajara, Mexico.
- Master’s Degree in Social Sciences, University of Guadalajara, Mexico.
- Master’s Degree in Latin American Studies, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.
- Graduate Diploma in Latin American Studies, University of Guadalajara.
- Graduate Diploma in 19th Century Mexican History, Municipality of Guadalajara, Mexico.
- Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies, University of Guadalajara, Mexico
Distinctions
- Research Fellowship Recipient, Sun Yat-sen University, China.
- National Researcher Level I, CONACYT, Mexico.
- Full Professor, ITESO, Mexico.
Visiting Scholar / Academic Stays
- Marie Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland
- Sciences Po, France
- Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Academic Service, Editorial and Advisory Roles
- Fellowship Evaluator, CONAHCYT – Estancias Posdoctorales por México Program, Mexico
- Grant and Fellowship Evaluator, ANID – Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation, Chile
- Associate Editor: Anuario Latinoamericano (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland)
- Editorial Board Member: Journal of Political Power (Routledge, UK); Discover Global Society (Springer Nature, Germany); Geopolítica(s) (Complutense University of Madrid); Sino-Iberoamerican Interaction (De Gruyter, Germany); InterNaciones (University of Guadalajara); Estudios Internacionales (University of Chile); OASIS (Externado University, Colombia).
- Reviewer Council Member: URVIO (FLACSO, Ecuador)
- International Academic Council: Global Affairs/Asuntos Globales (CARI, Argentina)
- Advisory Committee: Gestión en el Tercer Milenio (UNMSM, Peru)
Academic networks
- Latin American Studies & Chicano-Iberian Culture Network (RELACI)
- China and Latin America Network: Multidisciplinary Approaches (REDCAEM)
Books
- 2025. International Relations in Times of Transition: Concepts, Debates and Regional Perspectives (co-edited with Carlos Pulleiro). Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York. ISBN: 979-8-89530-118-0. DOI: 10.52305/EGWI4050.
- 2024. National Power and International Geostructure (co-edited with Alberto Rocha). Springer, DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-1180-2.
- 2011. Potencias medias y potencias regionales en el sistema político internacional de Guerra Fría y Posguerra Fría. Propuesta de dos modelos teóricos (co-authored with Alberto Rocha). Universidad de Guadalajara, http://www.publicaciones.cucsh.udg.mx/kiosko/2011/2011_14.htm.
Selected journal papers
- 2025. National Power in Sino-Caribbean Relations: CARICOM in the Geopolitics of the Belt and Road Initiative. Chinese Political Science Review, no. 10, pp.: 28-48. DOI: 10.1007/s41111-024-00252-4.
- 2024. Dependency/World-systems Theories and Structural Position of Latin American Countries, Social Change, vol. 54, no. 1, pp: 86-107. DOI: 10.1177/00490857231221207.
- 2023. Latin American structure and Pan-Am Games: analysing the medal table from international relations, Third World Quarterly, vol. 44, issue 9, pages: 2115-2135. DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2023.2220662.
- 2023. The distribution of power in the periphery: an approach with the World Power Index, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, v. 36, no. 2: 260-295. DOI:10.1080/09557571.2020.1854178.
- 2020. The Semiperipheral States in the Twenty-first Century: Measuring the Structural Position of Regional Powers and Secondary Regional States, International Studies, vol. 57, no. 1: 20-50. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/0020881719880769.
- 2018. La política exterior de las potencias latinoamericanas hacia la CARICOM: los casos de Brasil, México, Colombia, Venezuela y Cuba [The foreign policy of Latin American powers toward CARICOM: the cases of Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, and Cuba], Colombia Internacional, vol. 1, no. 96, pp. 87-114. DOI: 10.7440/colombiaint96.2018.04.
- 2016. Las potencias subregionales en el sistema internacional de posguerra fría: ¿nuevos actores en la política internacional? [Subregional powers in the post-Cold War international system: new actors in international politics?] (co-authored with Alberto Rocha and Tania Duran), Geopolítica(s), vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 77-107, DOI: 10.5209/rev_GEOP.2016.v7.n1.50877.
- 2013. Inside the BRIC: Analysis of the semiperipheral character of Brazil, Russia, India and China, Austral: Brazilian Journal of Strategy and International Relations, vo1. 2, no. 4, pp. 147-181. DOI: 10.22456/2238-6912.40942.
Selected book chapters
- 2025. Liderazgo de los BRICS y la configuración del orden multipolar: competencia y cooperación en escenarios regionales [BRICS Leadership and the Configuration of the Multipolar Order: Competition and Cooperation in Regional Settings] (co-authored with Alberto Rocha), in: De Castro, Andrés (Coord.). La competición entre las grandes potencias. Multipolaridad reflejada en los escenarios regionales, Tirant LoBlanc, pp.: 95-126. Available at: https://editorial.tirant.com/es/libro/9788410719903.
- 2024. China – Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in: Shei, Chris and Mariano Treacy (Eds.) Chinese Studies – Routledge Resources Online. Taylor & Francis. DOI:10.4324/9780367565152-RECHS80-1.
- 2024. The impact of COVID-19 on the national power of Latin American countries, in: Ganchev, Ivo (Ed.). Lessons from Regional Responses to Security, Health and Environmental Challenges in Latin America, Vernon Press: 163-190. https://vernonpress.com/book/1853.
- 2020. Subregional powers of Latin America: Colombia and Venezuela, in: Vanden, Harry and Gary Prevost (Eds.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics, Oxford University Press: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1707.
- 2015. Geopolítica de la Alianza del Pacífico en América Latina, el continente americano y Asia Pacífico [Geopolitics of the Pacific Alliance in Latin America, the American continent, and Asia-Pacific] (co-authored with Alberto Rocha), in: Rodríguez Aranda, Isabel and Edgar Vieira Posada (Eds.). Perspectivas y oportunidades de la Alianza del Pacífico, Editorial CESA, pp.: 105-151. DOI: 10.2307/j.ctvbcd2hz.
- 2013. Desafíos en la construcción de la Unión de Naciones de Suramérica [Challenges in the construction of the Union of South American Nations] (co-authored with Alberto Rocha), in: Gadelha, Regina Maria (Org.). Mercosul a Unasul. Avanços do processo de integração, EDUC/Fapesp, pp.: 69-117.
- 2008. Enfoque teórico-metodológico para el estudio de la dimensión político-institucional de los procesos de integración regional y subregional de América Latina y el Caribe [Theoretical-methodological approach for the study of the political-institutional dimension of the regional and subregional integration processes in Latin America and the Caribbean] (co-authored with Alberto Rocha), in: Cairo, Heriberto and Gerónimo de Sierra (Comp.). América Latina, una y diversa: teorías y métodos para su análisis, Alma Mater, pp.: 195-223. https://obregon.cihac.fcs.ucr.ac.cr/items/fb0a1ccd-3586-4cf0-95a4-0c74d521cc92.
Research interest
International Relations, Geopolitics, Latin America, BRICS, Global South, World Power Index.
