Tom Long is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Reading and Affiliated Professor at CIDE in Mexico City. His work focuses on the dynamics of asymmetry in IR, particularly in the Americas. He is the author of Latin America Confronts the United States: Asymmetry and Influence (Cambridge University Press, 2015), as well as published and forthcoming articles in International Security, International Studies Review, International Politics, Diplomatic History, Latin American Research Review, and Foro Internacional.