Gian Luca GardiniDr Gian Luca Gardini is Lecturer in International Relations and Latin American Politics at the University of Bath. His works have been published in the UK, Europe, the United States and South America. His most recent books are The Origins of Mercosurand, together with Dr P.W. Lambert, Latin American Foreign Policies between Ideology and Pragmatism. Dr Gardini has also acted as a practitioner of international and EU affairs: he was Representative to the EU of the Italian Confederation of Industry, and International Trade Advisor to Eurochambres, the European Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry. Read More Read Less