Quintijn Kat is assistant professor of international relations. He previously taught at the Jindal School of International Affairs and has been a visiting researcher at the George Washington University, USA, and the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Quintijn’s current research investigates the relations between dominant and subordinate states with a geographical focus on the Americas, and it particularly analyses the impact of subordinate-state agency on the configuration of hegemonic order. He received his PhD in International Relations of the Americas from the Institute of the Americas, University College London.