Shannon O’Neil is the Douglas Dillon fellow for Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Her expertise includes political and economic reform in Latin America, U.S.-Latin American relations, and Latin American immigration to the United States. She recently directed CFR’s Independent Task Force on U.S.-Latin America Relations: A New Direction for a New Reality. She is currently working on a book on Mexico, analyzing the political, economic, and social transformations Mexico has undergone over the last two decades, and the significance of these changes for U.S.- Mexico relations.

In addition to her work at CFR, Dr. O’Neil has taught in the political science department at Columbia University, and she publishes LatIntelligence—www.latintelligence.com—a blog analyzing Latin American politics, economics, and public policies. She is a frequent commentator on major television and radio programs.

Prior to joining CFR, she was a justice, welfare, and economics fellow and an executive committee member and graduate associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. She was also a Fulbright Scholar in Mexico and Argentina. Prior to her academic work, Dr. O’Neil worked in the private sector as an equity analyst at Indosuez Capital Latin America and Credit Lyonnais Securities. She holds a PhD in Government from Harvard University, an MA in International Relations from Yale University, and a BA from Yale University.

Recent Blog Posts by Shannon Oneil

• Guest Post: Correa Is No Chávez August 1st, 2012
• Latin America: Trading and Investing Together July 20th, 2012
• Latin American Integration: Two Hundred Years of Efforts July 17th, 2012
• Peña Nieto and Energy Reform July 12th, 2012
• Mexicans and the U.S. Melting Pot July 11th, 2012
• The PRI Returns in Mexico July 2nd, 2012
• Mexico’s Candidates Vow a Different Kind of Drug War June 27th, 2012
• U.S. and Mexico: Ties That Bind June 21st, 2012
• Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America Hit Record Highs in 2011 June 18th, 2012
• Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Worth the Price? June 13th, 2012
• How a Stronger Democracy Will Check the PRI June 8th, 2012
• Despite Hurdles, Latin Americans “Satisfied” According to OECD June 6th, 2012
• China’s Chen Guangcheng June 1st, 2012
• Violence and Insecurity in Latin America: New Survey Findings May 30th, 2012
• North American Competitiveness May 21st, 2012
• Latin America’s Economic Outlook May 16th, 2012
• Changes in Mexican Migration May 14th, 2012
• Too Bearish on Brazil: Ruchir Sharma in Foreign Affairs April 27th, 2012
• State or Market Led? Brazil’s Struggle to Improve Infrastructure and IT April 25th, 2012
• Colombia’s Displaced April 22nd, 2012
• Can 80 Percent of Mexicans Be Poor? The Debate Over Poverty April 18th, 2012
• Central America’s Moment April 9th, 2012
• Latin America’s Expanding Definition of National Security March 30th, 2012
• Organized Crime Beyond Drug Trafficking March 20th, 2012
• Investing in Latin America March 16th, 2012
• The Future of Brazilian Ethanol March 2nd, 2012
• Press Freedom and Democracy in Latin America February 28th, 2012
• Mexico’s Burgeoning Economy Amid Drug Violence February 23rd, 2012
• Venezuela’s Capriles Radonski Wins Primary, Looks Toward October Election February 16th, 2012
• The Politics of Latin American Energy February 9th, 2012
• Debating Amnesty and Immigration Policy February 2nd, 2012
• What’s Wrong With Romney’s “Self-Deportation” Plan January 26th, 2012
• What to Watch in 2012: Two Elections That Could Transform Latin America January 12th, 2012
• Signs of Mexico’s Ascendance Versus China December 8th, 2011
• Human Rights Abuses in Mexico’s Drug War November 16th, 2011
• How Guatemala’s New Government Should Take on the Security Challenge September 12th, 2011
• Myths and Realities of U.S.-Mexico Border Spillover Effects August 25th, 2011
• 2011: The Year that Mexico Opens its Economy? August 19th, 2011
• CFR’s Independent Task Force: Global Brazil and U.S.-Brazil Relations July 14th, 2011
• Evolving Views on Mexico’s War on Drugs July 4th, 2011
• Why Can’t Brazil Grow as Fast as China? June 30th, 2011
• Rising FDI in Latin America May 17th, 2011