Francisco Rojas Aravena (Chile): PhD in Political Science and specialist in International Relations and Public Security. Since 2004 is the Secretary General of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences-FLACSO, from 1996 to 2004 he was Director of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences in Chile (FLACSO-Chile). Early in his career he was professor of International Relation s, International Cooperation, Latin America in world politics and US foreign policy towards Central America at the University of Costa Rica (UCR). He has also served as Research Coordinator of the School of International Relations at the same university. He has taught at Stanford University in the Santiago de Chile Campus, and in the Instituto de Estudios Internacionales at the Chilean University; also was Fullbright professor at the Latin American and Caribbean Center of Florida International University (FIU) Miami (1986 -1987). With some regularity, he has been invited to lecture at the MBA program in Latin American Studies at the Complutense University and Instituto Ortega y Gasset in Madrid. Dr. Rojas has served as consultant of United Nations programs of UNDP and ECLAC. He is also a member of the Latin American Advisory Board of the Open Society Institute (OSI), and of the Equitas Foundation.

He has published extensively on political science, Latin-American foreign policy, defence and security ma tters of the Americas. His latest publications are: Paradoxes of Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean. (Josette Altmann Borbón and Francisco Rojas Aravena, Eds.) Editorial Siglo XXI. Spain, 2008 ; Regional Integration: A strategic Political Project. III Report of FLACSO’s General Secretary. (Francisco Rojas Aravena, Eds.), San José, 2007; Perception of Brazil in the International Context: perspectives and challenges. (Wilhem Hofmeister, Francisco Rojas Aravena and Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera Coord.), San José, 2006; International Organized Crime: a big threat to democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean (Francisco Rojas Aravena Ed.), 2006; The security in America: news and olds challenges (Klaus Bodemer and Francisco Rojas Aravena Eds.), Iberoamericana/Vervuet 2005; Promoting Human Security: ethical, normative and educational frames, in Latin America and the Caribbean (Claudia F. Fuentes and Francisco Rojas Aravena Coord.), París 2005; Governability in Latin America. Regional Report 2004 (Francisco Rojas Aravena and Claudio Fuentes Coord.), Santiago, 2004; United States Peace, Regional C risis and Foreign Policies of (Francisco Rojas Aravena Coord.) Santiago, 2004; Security in Latin America post September 11 (Francisco Rojas Aravena, Ed.), Caracas, 2003; Terrorism of global range: impact and prevention mechanism in Latin American and the Caribbean (Francisco Rojas Aravena, Ed.) Santiago, 2003.

His articles have been published in professional, scientific and academic magazines in different countries of the world.

Email:frojas@flacso.org
Website: http://www.flacso.org