Ricardo Sennes is managing partner of Prospectiva, a consulting firm on public policies and international business, and general coordinator of the Group of International Analysis (GACINT) at the University of São Paulo. Sennes has been engaged in projects related to South America Regional Integration, Energy and Infrastructure, Markets and Regulation, the Aerospace and Defense Industry, International Trade in Services, and political and economic scenarios for Brazil and Latin America. He has conducted research for the International Relations Center at the University of São Paulo, for the Woodrow Wilson Institute in Washington, D.C., and for the Iberian and Latin American Studies Center at the University of California in San Diego.