Dr. Lúcio Vinhas de Souza is an Advisor to the leadership of the EU's joint Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense in Brussels, and a Board Member of the National Economic Club in Washington, DC. Before that, he led an internal advisory economics body to the European Commission President. At the Weatherhead Center, Lucio is writing a book on monetary and financial policies. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He has over one hundred different publications in several languages.

Research Interests: International economic and monetary policy; geoeconomics and geopolitics; and emerging markets.