Shannon K. O'Neil

Shannon K. O'Neil is a senior fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), a nonpartisan foreign-policy think tank and membership organization. Her interests and expertise include politics and economics in Latin America and immigration. She is the director of the U.S.-Mexico Initiative at CFR.[1] O'Neil publishes the blogs Latin America’s Moment and Latintelligence.[2]

Shannon K. O'Neil
O'Neil in 2012

Education

O'Neil holds a BA from Yale University, an MA in international relations from Yale University, and a PhD in government from Harvard University. She was a justice, welfare and economics fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University; and a Fulbright Scholar in Mexico and Argentina.[3]

Career

In addition to her work at CFR, O'Neil has taught in the political science department at Columbia University. Prior to her academic work, O'Neil worked in the private sector as an equity analyst at Indosuez Capital Latin America and Credit Lyonnais Securities.[4]

Publications

O'Neil is the author of the book, Two Nations Indivisible: Mexico, the United States, and the Road Ahead (Oxford University Press, 2013), which analyzes the political, economic, and social transformations Mexico has undergone over the last three decades and their significance for U.S.-Mexico relations. She also directed the CFR independent task force entitled “U.S.-Latin America Relations: A New Direction for a New Reality.”[5]

Other

O'Neil has been invited to testify before Congress on U.S. policy toward Mexico.[7] She is a frequent commentator on major television and radio programs, and her work has appeared in Foreign Affairs,[8] Foreign Affairs Latinoamerica, Americas Quarterly,[9] Política Exterior,[10] Foreign Policy,[11] the Washington Post[12] and the Los Angeles Times,[13] among others. O'Neil is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue.

References
  1. "CFR: U.S.-Mexico Initiative".
  2. CFR.org Biography of Shannon K. O'Neil
  3. "CFR one-page biography" (PDF).
  4. "Politics, Policy, Political News". POLITICO.
  5. "U.S.-Latin America Relations". Council on Foreign Relations.
  6. "Argentina and Brazil Grow Together". Foreign Affairs. 2016-07-13. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  7. "Congressional testimony" (PDF).
  8. "Shannon K. O'Neil". August 14, 2017.
  9. "Shannon O'Neil". www.americasquarterly.org.
  10. ""Las nuevas relaciones EE UU-América Latina" Política Exterior archives, by Shannon O'Neil". Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.
  11. ""Why is the United States backing Mexican drug gangs?" Foreign Policy, Jan. 12 2009, by Shannon O'Neil". Archived from the original on June 17, 2012.
  12. O'Neil, Shannon (May 30, 2008). "Shannon O'Neil - A New Direction in Latin America" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  13. "Will we have enough workers?" Los Angeles Times, April 5 2007, by Shannon O'Neil
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