Evan Ellis is a research professor of Latin American studies at the US Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, with a focus on the region’s relationships with China and other non-Western Hemisphere actors as well as transnational organized crime and populism in the region. Ellis previously served as on the secretary of state’s Policy Planning Staff with responsibility for Latin America and the Caribbean as well as International Narcotics and Law Enforcement issues. 

Ellis was an event speaker at the Dialogue.