Christine Wade is a professor of political science and international studies at Washington College in Chestertown, MD. Wade is a specialist in the international and comparative politics of Latin America, with a focus on Central America and the Caribbean. She is the author of “Captured Peace: Elites and Peacebuilding in El Salvador” (Ohio University Press, January 2016). She is the co-author and co-editor of “Latin American Politics and Development” (Westview Press, 2017), and the co-author of “Understanding Central America: Global Forces, Rebellion and Change” (Westview Press, 2014) and “Nicaragua: Living in the Shadow of the Eagle” (Westview Press, 2011).