Andrea Oelsner is an Associate Professor and Director of the Master’s Programme in International Politics and Economics at the University of San Andrés (Argentina). She holds a Master’s and a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), as well as a BA in Political Science from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). From 2003 to 2004, she was a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, and later taught at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. She returned to Argentina in 2018 to join the University of San Andrés. Her research interests include international relations theory, international security and governance, and international friendship, with an empirical focus on Latin America. She is also a co-editor of the Springer book series Frontiers in International Relations.

Keywords: International relations theory, international security, regional governance, international friendship, Latin America