Leslie Wehner

Dr Wehner joined the Department in January 2015 as Senior Lecturer in Foreign Policy Analysis. Previously he was a Senior Research Fellow at GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg.

Leslie lectured foreign policy analysis, international political economy, comparative regionalism and international politics of Latin America in different German Universities, such as the University of Kiel, Leuphana University Lüneburg and the University of Hamburg.

Leslie did his first degrees at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and his postgraduate work at the University of Essex and Lund University. He received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Hamburg.

His specific areas of interest include role theory in foreign policy analysis and international political economy, emerging powers (BRICS), foreign policies and foreign economic policies of Latin American states, and the institutional overlapping of regional groups in Latin America. Leslie is also member of the editorial board of the Journal of Politics in Latin America (JPLA) and Foreign Policy Analysis

Leslie has authored a book, Explaining Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: Cases from Latin America (2010) with the editorial NOMOS, several book chapters, and his most recent peer reviewed articles have been published in Bulletin of Latin American Research, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Studies Review,  International Politics, Journal of International Relations and Development, and Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics.

Foreign Policy Analysis
Identity and Role Theory
Emerging and Declining Powers
Narratives in Foreign Policy Analysis
Leaders and Leadership in Foreign Policy