Carlos Pérez Ricart
Assistant Professor in International Relations, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics
twitter: @perezricart
email: carlos [dot] perezricart [at] cide [dot] edu
Assistant Professor in International Relations, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics
twitter: @perezricart
email: carlos [dot] perezricart [at] cide [dot] edu
Latin America | small arms and light weapons (SALW)
Carlos A. Pérez Ricart is assistant professor in International Relations at the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE) in Mexico City. Prior to joining CIDE, between 2017 and 2020 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oxford where he worked at both the History Faculty and the Latin American Centre, St. Antony’s College.
Pérez Ricart's general research and teaching interests include the relationship between Mexico and the United States, security and organized crime, arms trafficking, drug policies. He is currently conducting a research project that aims to examine the history of the Mexican police from a long-term historical and global perspective. His research has been published in German, English and Spanish in many peer reviewed international journals, book chapters and edited volumes. He is co-editor of the forthcoming book Gun trafficking and violence: from the global network to the local security challenge (Palgrave, St. Antony’s College 2021).
Pérez Ricart holds a PhD in Political Science from the Freie Universität Berlin and has a degree in International Relations from El Colegio de México.
Carlos A. Pérez Ricart is assistant professor in International Relations at the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE) in Mexico City. Prior to joining CIDE, between 2017 and 2020 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oxford where he worked at both the History Faculty and the Latin American Centre, St. Antony’s College.
Pérez Ricart's general research and teaching interests include the relationship between Mexico and the United States, security and organized crime, arms trafficking, drug policies. He is currently conducting a research project that aims to examine the history of the Mexican police from a long-term historical and global perspective. His research has been published in German, English and Spanish in many peer reviewed international journals, book chapters and edited volumes. He is co-editor of the forthcoming book Gun trafficking and violence: from the global network to the local security challenge (Palgrave, St. Antony’s College 2021).
Pérez Ricart holds a PhD in Political Science from the Freie Universität Berlin and has a degree in International Relations from El Colegio de México.
Recent publications:
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- "Examining a Dataset on Gun Shows in the US, 2011–2019," Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 4(1), September 28, 2022.
- "Las balas que no matan: el elefante en la habitación," Nexos, February 15, 2022.*
- "La sociedad civil y el Estado mexicano contra las armas," SinEmbargo MX, February 1, 2022.
- "¿Más armas, más violencia? Evidencia de una compleja relación desde América Latina" Perfiles Latinoamericanos, Vol. 30 Núm. 59, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede México (FLACSO Mexico), January 1, 2022.
- "Non-fatal gunshot injuries during criminal acts in Mexico, 2013–2019," Injury Prevention, December 9, 2021.*
- "¿Movimiento audaz de la Cancillería?" sinembargo, August 24, 2021.
- "Luces y sombras de la demanda mexicana contra las armerías estadunidenses," nexos, August 16, 2021.*
- "¿Quiénes y por qué adquieren armas en México?," Chronica, July 14, 2021.*
- “Gun Trafficking and Violence: From The Global Network to The Local Security Challenge," Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.*
- "Armas y violencia homicida en México 2006-2019," en "La violencia en América Latina," Jagiellonian University Press, 2021.
- "Taking the War on Drugs Down South: The Drug Enforcement Administration in Mexico (1973–1980)," The Social
History of Alcohol and Drugs, Vol. 34, I., 2020. - “Derechos humanos y exportación legal de armas: Estados Unidos y Alemania frente a la crisis mexicana”, Foro internacional, LIX, 2, 2019.*
- “The Role of the DEA in the Emergence of the Field of Anti-Narcotics Policing in Latin America”, Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations, Vol. 24, II, 2018.
- “La temprana (y permanente) militarización de la seguridad pública en México: un estudio histórico”, Contextualizaciones Latinoamericanas, Vol. 18, I, 2018.
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