Evan Ellis - Ecuador’s Incoming Government Faces Difficult Choices Regarding China
Dear Colleagues:
With this email, I am pleased to share my new article on the advance of the PRC in Ecuador, and strategic choices confronting the administration of Daniel Noboa, as he begins his second term in office, in managing that relationship.
The article is based on my interactions with subject matter experts in Quito, Ecuador in April 2025, in conjunction with my participation in a very significant and successful forum on China-Latin America engagement, co-hosted by the prestigious universities FLACSO Ecuador, and Universidad San Francisco de Quito.
The event was particularly striking, insofar as the Chinese embassy made a rather heavy-handed, and happily unsuccessful attempt, to intimidate both universities into not hosting the event, and to persuade invited participants to withdraw.
The success of the event is a testimony to the academic integrity and courage of both host institutions. It is also an illustration about how the PRC increasingly behaves beyond, as well as within its borders, as its coercive economic power, “people-to-people” networks, and other capabilities expand.
The article is available here for download in ENGLISH:
It is available here for download in SPANISH:
It is available here, in its ENGLISH version from The Diplomat, which published it:
https://thediplomat.com/2025/05/ecuadors-incoming-government-faces-difficult-choices-regarding-china/
It is available here, in its SPANISH version, from Infobae, which published it:
https://www.infobae.com/america/opinion/2025/05/08/las-alternativas-de-ecuador-frente-a-china-en-el-segundo-mandato-de-daniel-noboa/
Podcasts, Media Appearances, and Radio Shows:
I would like to share with you my latest podcasts, media appearance and radio shows. These include my latest weekly segments on the John Batchelor Show, in his special ongoing series on Latin America, The New World Report.
The latest episodes (May 7, 2025) are:
Latin America Political Landscape. https://audioboom.com/posts/8717068-newworldreport-best-investment-2025-latin-american-research-professor-evan-ellis-u-s-army-w
Suriname Elections. https://audioboom.com/posts/8717069-newworldreport-surinam-rising-latin-american-research-professor-evan-ellis-u-s-army-war-col
Peru Mining Violence. https://audioboom.com/posts/8717070-newworldreport-murder-in-peru-latin-american-research-professor-evan-ellis-u-s-army-war-co
Venezuela Hostage Rescue. https://audioboom.com/posts/8717066-newworldreport-venezuela-rescue-latin-american-research-professor-evan-ellis-u-s-army-war-c
Website for all Publications:
As always, at my professional website you can access these, and past publications, webinars and podcasts:
REvanEllis.com
Latest Book on China-Latin America:
My latest book, China Engages Latin America: Distorting Development and Democracy, is available through my publisher Palgrave-Macmillan, at:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-96049-0
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Thank you, as always, for your interest in my work.
Respectfully,
R. Evan Ellis, PhD
Latin America Research Professor
U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute
@REvanEllis
Website: https://revanellis.com