Facundo Robles is a global researcher and former Fulbright scholar. His research interests include international relations, foreign trade and investment, U.S.–Latin American relations, as well as democratic transitions and the role of external actors in Latin America. He most recently served as a program coordinator in the Wilson Center’s Latin America Program and was a lead researcher for the program’s Argentina Project, which focused on strengthening bilateral relations between Argentina and the United States.

He currently serves as Head of International Relations and Director of Research at the National Defense University of Argentina, where he leads international academic partnerships and directs a research project on infrastructure dependency, foreign influence, and strategic autonomy in the Southern Cone. He also serves as an INKA Research Fellow at the Stimson Center’s Latin America Program, contributing applied research on geopolitical competition and external influence in critical sectors across the region.

Prior to the Wilson Center, he worked for the government of Buenos Aires in the Ministry of Economic Development, where he supported foreign investment and trade initiatives. He has also held academic and research positions at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín and the National Defense University of Argentina, and works as an independent consultant providing geopolitical and political risk analysis for public, private, and international organizations.

His work has been published in outlets such as Global Affairs Annual Review (CARI), Formiche, and Democracy & Society, and he has been interviewed by international media including Deutsche Welle, PBS NewsHour, and The World. He holds a master’s degree in Public Policy from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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