Political Economy and International Relations of LAC
- 2016 “The Curse of Hypercorrection in Latin America,” The New York Times, November 23
- 2016 “For Latin Americans, Trump's Outsider Win Is a Familiar Story – With a Twist,” Americas Quarterly Web Exclusive, November 17, 2016.
- 2016 “Why Colombia’s Government Compromised for Peace,” Foreign Policy Online, Democracy Lab, September 30.
- 2016 “Can Anyone Stop the President? Changes in Term Limits in Latin America.” Latin American Politics and Society 58, 3 (Summer)
- 2016 Beware the Outsider: Donald Trump, Lessons from Latin America. Foreign Policy Online, March 16.
- 2015 “Understanding International Partnership: The Complicated Rapprochement Between the United States and Brazil,” Political Science Quarterly 130, 2 (Summer), 213-44.
- 2015 “Guns and Gangs, and the Sad Role of US Lax Gun Laws Play” (with Abigail Xu), Latin America Goes Global (June 2).
- 2015 “La reelección presidencial gana terreno en América Latina” [Presidential Re-election Gains Ground in Latin America], Interviewed by Eva Usi, DW Deutsche Welle Latinoamérica, June 3.
- 2014 “Los invencibles: La reelección presidencial y los cambios constitucionales en América Latina” [The Unbeatables: Presidential re-election and constitutional changes in Latin America] (Michael Penfold, and Gonzalo Hernández Jiménez), Revista de Ciencia Política (Chile) 34, 3.
- 2014 “On Participatory Governance in Latin America” (with Daniel Altschuler). Interview on TV show Dimensión (in Spanish), Guatemala City, (October 20).
- 2013 “Hangar Pains: The Argentina-Chile Airport Controversy,” Americas Quarterly Web Exclusive,” August 29.
- 2012 "The Incumbent’s Advantage in Latin America: Larger Than You Think", Vox LACEA The Website of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (December 18, 2012).
Reprinted in Spanish: http://www.bastiondigital.com/notas/la-cancha-inclinada-de-los-presidentes (September 2, 2014).
- 2012 The Crime problem in Latin America and the Caribbean, VoxLacea The website of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (September).
- 2012 Radio Interview. On LGBT Rights in Latin America. Senaste Sändningen, Swedish Radio, Stockholm, May 20.
- 2012 Radio Interview. Worldview, Chicago NPR Radio Station WBEZ, March 5.
- 2012 “Neoliberalism and its Alternatives.” in Peter R. Kingstone and Deborah Yashar, eds., Handbook of Latin American Politics (Routledge).
- 2011 Brazil’s Recognition of Same-Sex Unions, Americas Quarterly Web Exclusive, 16 May.
Shorter English version in American Quarterly
- 2009 "¿Qué es el populismo? [What is populism?]. La Nación (San José de Costa Rica), November 29
- 2009 “Nicaragua: Déjà Coup All Over Again?” The Huffington Post, November 3, 2009.
- 2009 “Is the OAS Against Democracy: The International Response to the Honduras Crisis” (with Daniel Altschuler), The Huffington Post, July 7, 2009.
- 2009 Volatilidad económica, debilidad de partidos y neocaudillismo en América Latina. Journal of Democracy en español (julio).
- 2009 Guest commentator on U.S.-Latin America Relations. Radio Time, Philadelphia NPR Affiliate, April 23, 2009.
- 2009 “On the 2009 Summit of the Americas” Interview published in Clarín (Argentina), April 12, 2009.
- 2008 Latin America's Neocaudillismo: Expresidents and Newcomers Running for President...and Winning. Latin American Politics and Society, 50 (Fall):1-35.
- 2008 “Neoliberalism” In Encyclopedia of Latin America History and Culture, 2nd Edition. The Gale Group.
- 2006 Information Technology Adoption and Political Regimes. International Studies Quarterly (with Frank Westhoff).
- 2006 “The Many Lefts in Latin America.” Foreign Policy (November/December 2006):44-45.
- 2003 “Market Reforms.” In Jorge I. Domínguez and Michael Shifter, eds., Constructing Democratic Governance, 2nd ed. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
- 2001 “Democracias y Cambio Económico en América Latina (Democracy and Economic Change in Latin America).” Foreign Affairs en Español 1, 2 (Summer):59-75.
- 2000 “Presidents, Ruling Parties and Party Rules: A Theory of the Politics of Economic Reform in Latin America.” Comparative Politics 32, 2 (January):127-150.
- 1998 “Coalitions and Corporate Choices in Argentina, 1976-1994: The Recent Private Sector Support of Privatization.” Studies in Comparative International Development 32, 4 (Winter):24-51.
- 1997-98 “Do Economic Crises Contribute to Economic Reforms? The Limits of a Hypothesis.” Political Science Quarterly 112, 4 (Winter-Spring):617-644.