This event is presented in collaboration with the Institute for International and Regional Studies National Resource Center (IRIS NRC) and the Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS) Program (LACIS) at UW-Madison, and World BEYOND War - Madison.

Vincent Bevins is an American journalist and writer. He has worked as a reporter and correspondent for The Daily Journal, The Financial Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post, covering Venezuela, Brazil, and southeast Asia, and as a contributor to myriad publications, such as Art Review, The Atlantic, The Baffler, The Economist, Foreign Policy, Folha de S.Paulo, Guardian, Interview Magazine, N+1, The Nation, The New Republic, New Statesman, New York Magazine, New York Review of Books, The New York Times, Paper Magazine, and The San Francisco Chronicle. His work focuses on international politics, the world economy, and global culture.