Jessica Byron is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations, attached to the Dept. of Government, Faculty of Social Sciences, UWI, Mona. Her initial university training was done at the Cave Hill and St. Augustine Campuses of the UWI, and she holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales of the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Before joining the UWI Faculty, nine years ago, she lectured at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, The Netherlands. Prior to that, she served as a Foreign Service Officer with the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States. Research interests include the Caribbean’s relations with Latin America and with Europe, small states and the multilateral system and Gender and International Relations. .