Thales Leonardo de Carvalho

Thales Carvalho is a Ph.D. student in Political Science at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG). He holds a master's degree in Political Science from the same institution and a bachelor's degree in International Relations from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC-Minas). He's been developing research activities since his undergraduate. Thales is member of the International institutions, Foreign Policy and Political Regime Research Network (Rede de Pesquisa em Instituições Internacionais, Política Externa e Regime Político - RIPPERP), coordinated by prof. Dr. Dawisson Belém Lopes. Carvalho's research relates to security and defense policies in Latin America, and the role of the Left Turn in shaping a convergence related to these policies between some Latin American countries. His main subjects of interest are National Defense policy; Internacional Security; Foreign Policy; Latin America; Left Turn; Post-liberal regionalism; Policy Diffusion; Policy Transfer. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)