Vice Provost for International Affairs, Harvard University. Director of the Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs, Harvard University.  Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University. 

Author of several books, among them:

"Toward Mexicos Democratisation: Parties, Campaigns, Elections and Public Opinion" (edited with A. Poire, 1999)
"Constructing Democratic Governance" (edited with A. Lowenthal, 2 vol., 1996)
" The Future of Inter-American Relations "(1999).

He is member of the Advisory Committee of FRIDE.