Oliver Villar

Oliver Villar is a Lecturer in History, Politics and Sociology at Charles Sturt University's School of Social Work and Arts. With a PhD from the University of Western Sydney (2008), his work critically examines

• 21st Century Imperialism
• US Foreign Policy in Latin America
• Global Capitalist Exploitation
• Political Economy of Drug Trade
• Critical Security Studies
• Class Analysis in Global North/South Dynamics

His research focuses on growing great power rivalries, particularly US-China competition in globalization and territorial control. He has published extensively on Colombian political economy, US counterinsurgency strategies, and neoliberalism's impacts on global conflicts.

Key article themes include:

• BRICS geopolitical shifts
• Undersea cable geopolitics
• Ukraine-Palestine-US-China tensions
• FARC's Marxist analysis
• 2008 Global Financial Crisis
• Colombian drug trade's global implications

Scientific awards include recognition as ERA discipline expert (2018). Supervision spans PhD and Honours candidates analyzing

• Ben Chifley's political history
• Indonesian political linguistics
• Women's social roles in protests
• Rural Australian funeral practices
• Video game industry economics
• Karl Polanyi's influence

Professional activities include membership in

• The Gulbali Institute
• Latin America Social Forum
• Latin American House Inc.

and editorial/reviewer roles for journals like Journal of Labor and Society and Alternatives: Global, Local, Political.