Joanna Ciesielska-Klikowska Editor & Author

Jorge A. Schiavon is a Pofessor of International Relations at the International Studies Department, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, and Member of National Researchers System (SNI), level III. He is Vice-President of the Consejo Mexicano de Estudios Internacionales (COMEXI) and Vice-President of the Centro de Enseñanza y Análisis sobre la Política Exterior de México (CESPEM). Holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Affairs (UCSD), a M.A. in Political Science (UCSD), and a B.A. in International Relations (El Colegio de México). He was President of the Mexican International Studies Association (2011-2013), Secretary General (2004-2007) and Chair of the International Studies Department (2007-2010) at CIDE. He is author or editor of 37 academic books and 150+ articles and chapters.

Joanna Ciesielska-Klikowska Ph.D., political scientist and assistant professor at the Department of Asian Studies, member of the Paradiplomacy Lab - Centre for Studies on Paradiplomacy and City Diplomacy at the University of Lodz, Poland. Her research focuses on EU-China relations, regional and municipal cooperation, city diplomacy, and Germany’s foreign policy toward China.

Tomasz Kaminski is Chair of the Paradiplomacy Lab – Centre for Studies on Paradiplomacy and City Diplomacy, and associate professor at the Faculty of International and Political Studies, University of Lodz.

Rafael Velázquez Flores is an International Relations professor at the Faculty of Economics and International Relations (FEyRI) of the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC). He holds a master's degree in International Relations from the National University of Mexico (UNAM) and a Ph.D. in International Studies from the University of Miami. He was a fellow at the Center for Mexico-United States Studies at the University of California, San Diego, and held the Chair of Mexican Studies in the Fulbright Program at the University of New Mexico in 2024. He was president of the Mexican International Studies Association (AMEI). He is part of the National System of Researchers (SNI), level III, and is a regular member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences (AMC). He is currently president of the Center for Teaching and Analyzing Mexico’s Foreign Policy (CESPEM).