Filipe Mendonça

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Filipe Mendonça is Associate Professor of International Relations at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), in Brazil, where he has taught since 2011. He is also an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of International Politics at City St George's, University of London, and a Fellow Researcher at the Academy of International Affairs NRW, in Bonn.

He studies U.S. trade policy, the U.S.–China rivalry, and how both reshape the options available to Latin American countries. His research traces the long history of aggressive unilateral trade instruments — from the Section 301 investigations of the 1980s to today's tariff disputes — and argues that what often looks like rupture in Washington is better understood as continuity.

He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Campinas (Unicamp) and co-authored Poder e Comércio: A política comercial dos Estados Unidos (2018). He chairs the International Political Economy section of the Brazilian Association of International Relations (ABRI), is a researcher at INCT-INEU, and hosts Chutando a Escada, a podcast on international political economy.

Experience

  • –present
    Associate Professor, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)
  • 2026–present
    Assistant researcher, Academy of International Affairs NRW – Rethink Politics
  • 2017–present
    Associate research scientist, National Institute for Studies on United States
  • 2021–2025
    Course coordinator, Postgraduate program in international relations at the Federal University of Uberlândia

Education

  • 2013 
    State University of Campinas, International Political Economy

Publications

  • 2026
    Autonomy and Its Limits: Brazil's Response to Trump's Threats, Editora Unesp
  • 2026
    Trump y las “astucias de la naturaleza”: estados unidos y la crisis orgánica del orden liberal internacional, OASIS
  • 2026
    Brazil under pressure: The risk of new U.S. retaliation has never been higher, Brazil Office
  • 2021
    The growing contradictions within the empire: an interview with Leo Panitch, Studies in Political Economy
  • 2018
    Poder e comércio: A política comercial dos Estados Unidos, Editora Unesp
  • 2011
    Entre a teoria e a história: A política comercial dos Estados Unidos na década de 1980, Editora Unesp

Professional Memberships

  • ABRI - Brazilian Association for International Relations
  • The International Studies Association: ISA
  • ANPOCS - Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais

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