Scholarship

Research

My research explores international institutions and the politics of international cooperation, with particular attention to institutional decision-making and political coordination.

Ongoing research

Current interests

I am examining political coordination and elections within the United Nations system, including how states bargain, coordinate, and compete over institutional positions.

More details will be added as these projects develop.

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

The Untold Story: Informal Intergovernmental Organisations in Latin America

Thomas Legler, João Pedro Martins & Anakaren Iniestra · Third World Quarterly 46(15), 1979–1998 · 2025

Examines the longer history and distinctive trajectories of informal intergovernmental organizations in Latin America.

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Essays

Essays and commentary

Populist Backlashes Against the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Exit, Voice, or Disloyalty?

João Pedro Martins · Yale Review of International Studies · 2024

An essay on populist challenges to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, drawing on the distinction between exit and voice.

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