Luis Gouveia Jr (he/him) is a PhD candidate in International Relations at the University of Coimbra / Centre for Social Studies, Portugal. His doctoral research, which analyzes the BRICS and its cooperation in international security, is financed by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia. He completed an MSc in Latin American Studies at the University of Oxford (St Antony’s College) and his work has been published in Alternatives, Frontiers in Political Science, and Janus.