Dr Tomaz M Fares
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Key information
- Roles
- Foundation College Lecturer in International Development Studies
- Qualifications
- BA in International Relations (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), MA in History (Peking University), PhD in Development Studies (SOAS University of London)
- Building
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Email address
- tf18@soas.ac.uk
Biography
Tomaz has taught courses in International Development Studies in the International Foundation Program and Pre-Master’s Program.
Key publications
- China’s Financialized Soybeans: The Fault Lines of Neomercantilism Narratives in International Food Regime Analyses. Fares, Tomaz M. (2023), Journal of Agrarian Change.
- Food Security and Power Struggle in the Chinese ‘Battle of the Beans’. Fares, Tomaz M. (2022). Journal of Peasant Studies.
- Why and how is China reordering the food regime? The Brazil-China soy-meat complex and COFCO’s global strategy in the Southern Cone. Wesz Jr, Valdemar; Escher, Fabiano; and Fares, Tomaz M. (2021) Journal of Peasant Studies.
- The Rise of State-Transnational Capitalism in the Xi Jinping Era: A Case Study of China’s International Expansion in the Soybean Commodity Chain. Fares, Tomaz M. (2019) Journal fur Entwicklungspolitik, 35 (4), 86-106.
- A Diplomacia Chinesa e as Relações com o Brasil (1949-1974) [China’s Diplomacy and the Relations with Brazil (1949-1974)]. Fares, Tomaz M. (2016) Século XXI – Revista de Relações Internacionais, ESPM, 7 (1), 27-46.
- O Desenvolvimento Agrário Chinês e sua Integração com o Agronegócio Brasileiro [China’s Agrarian Development and its integration with Brazilian Agribusiness]. Fares, Tomaz M. (2017). Leste Vermelho, 3 (1), 1-16.
Research interests
Tomaz has done extensive field-based research on China’s relations with non-western countries. His studies concern the power struggle between agrarian capitalist classes during China’s integration into the world economy.
He engages with the literature on international political economy and state analyses, questioning the idea of an indivisible and stable political system in China.