Leslie Elliott Armijo

Leslie Elliott Armijo is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Politics & Global Affairs at Portland State University, with additional affiliations including Simon Fraser University (Term Associate Professor and Adjunct Research Professor) and Boston University (Non-Resident Senior Fellow). She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley (1989), an M.A. in Political Science (1980), and a B.A. in Government from Cornell University (1978).

Her research focuses on international relations, political economy, and emerging powers, particularly Brazil, South America, and the BRICS group. Key themes include financial statecraft, global governance, and the interplay between democracy and economic policy. Armijo has published extensively, including seminal works like The BRICS and Collective Financial Statecraft (Oxford University Press, 2018) and edited volumes on development finance and regional policy.

Her articles analyze topics such as sovereign debt dynamics, multilateralism, and infrastructure underperformance in Brazil. She is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish, with expertise in field research in Brazil and India. Armijo has presented her work at major conferences like the American Political Science Association and the Latin American Studies Association.

Armijo advocates for inclusive global governance frameworks that incorporate emerging economies, emphasizing the need for solutions to global challenges like climate change and trade disputes through more representative international institutions.