Alexandra Chinchilla is an Assistant Professor of International Affairs at Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government and Public Service and a core faculty member of the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy. Alexandra received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago. Previously, she was a Niehaus Postdoctoral Fellow at The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College and a Minerva/Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar at the United States Institute of Peace. Alexandra’s research examines how powerful states use security cooperation tools, such as military advisors and arms transfers, to increase their influence over allies, partners, and proxies.

Alexandra Chinchilla is an Assistant Professor of International Affairs at Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government and Public Service and a core faculty member of the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy. Alexandra received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago. Previously, she was a Niehaus Postdoctoral Fellow at The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College and a Minerva/Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar at the United States Institute of Peace. Alexandra’s research examines how powerful states use security cooperation tools, such as military advisors and arms transfers, to increase their influence over allies, partners, and proxies.

Alexandra Chinchilla is an Assistant Professor of International Affairs at Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government and Public Service and a core faculty member of the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy. Alexandra received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago. Previously, she was a Niehaus Postdoctoral Fellow at The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College and a Minerva/Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar at the United States Institute of Peace. Alexandra’s research examines how powerful states use security cooperation tools, such as military advisors and arms transfers, to increase their influence over allies, partners, and proxies.