Abraham Lowenthal

What is the relationship between democratization and market-oriented economic reforms throughout the world? This is the question at the center of much of Abraham Lowenthal's research. By looking at Latin America, East Asia and Central Europe, Lowenthal studies international influences (especially U.S. policy) on prospects for democratic governance.

His most recent project is a comprehensive analysis of U.S. relations with the countries of Latin America, together with recommendations for U.S. policymakers – which he is undertaking with support from a fellowship at the Brookings Institution, one of the country’s foremost domestic and foreign policy think tanks.

Lowenthal is the founder and former president of the USC-based Pacific Council on International Policy, which supports an active visiting speakers program, a visiting scholar program, research seminars and study groups. He also has served on the Mayor's International Trade Advisory Council for Los Angeles.

He is the editor or co-editor of 12 books, most recently Constructing Democratic Governance: Latin America in the Mid-1990s. He has published more than 100 scholarly and 150 newspaper articles.

• Abraham Lowenthal's faculty profile
• To read a USC College story about Lowenthal’s appointment as a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, click here
• School of International Relations, USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
• Pacific Council on International Policy