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Research paper thumbnail of O Relançamento do Mercosul

Meridiano 47 - Journal of Global Studies, 2000

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Research paper thumbnail of Det innenrikspolitiske grunnlaget og begrensninger for Brasils utenrikspolitikk: et demokratisk underskudd?

Internasjonal Politikk, May 18, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of Brazilian approaches to maritime security cooperation in IBSA and the prospects for an Atlantic–Indian maritime security governance

Journal of The Indian Ocean Region, Jul 3, 2015

The present text discusses Brazilian's perspectives on South Atlantic security, the prospects... more The present text discusses Brazilian's perspectives on South Atlantic security, the prospects of its engagement in fostering maritime security governance in the axis linking the South Atlantic and the Indian Oceans and the role that the India, Brazil and South Africa Dialogue Forum (IBSA) might play in this regard. It addresses Brazil's geostrategic interests and concerns regarding its maritime projection and its perspectives towards security and maritime cooperation within IBSA. Thereafter, it contrasts these perspectives with the priority currently assigned to the South Atlantic in its defense policy and to the political and diplomatic valuation of the South Atlantic Zone of Peace and Cooperation as the proper institutional framework to foster maritime governance in the region. It concludes by pointing out that at present there are no immediate and mid-term incentives strong enough for Brazil to change its primary focus on the South Atlantic to favour the emergence of a bi-ocean governance framework.

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Research paper thumbnail of A crise venezuelana como fator de instabilidade regional

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Research paper thumbnail of Security Policies of India, Brazil and South Africa – Regional Security Contexts as Constraints for a Common Agenda

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Feb 1, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of Brazil-Africa Agricultural Cooperation Encounters: Drivers, Narratives and Imaginaries of Africa and Development

IDS Bulletin, Jun 28, 2013

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Research paper thumbnail of Brazil as ‘Southern donor’: beyond hierarchy and national interests in development cooperation?

Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Dec 1, 2012

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Research paper thumbnail of Vacia: la agenda social en el Mercosur y en el ALCA

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Research paper thumbnail of Crime organizado transnacional, terrorismo e insurgência armada no arco noroeste da América do Sul: tendências recentes e implicações para a segurança e a ação do Exército Brasileiro

O artigo apresenta o panorama seguranca na America do Sul, com enfase em seu arco noroieste, cons... more O artigo apresenta o panorama seguranca na America do Sul, com enfase em seu arco noroieste, considerando o conjunto das tendencias recentes do crime organizado transnacional, do terrorismo e da insurgencia armada com o proposito de identificar e analisar as principais implicacoes da acao de atores nao estatais para os interesses e iniciativas brasileiras voltadas para a promocao da seguranca e da estabilidade no âmbito domestico e no entorno regional do Pais e, em ultima instância, para os papeis que o Exercito Brasileiro possa cumprir com aquele mesmo proposito. Destacam-se a proeminencia do crime organizado transnacional, o significativo peso de condicionantes e fatores domesticos no delineamento das possibilidades de acao dos atores nao estatais e as dificuldades enfrentadas pelos paises internamente e no âmbito regional para responder de modo coordenado a crescente inseguranca impingida por atores nao estatais. Tais aspectos suscitam desafios e aprofundam dilemas para o Exercito Brasileiro enquanto instrumento de defesa crescentemente instado a atuar em questoes de seguranca, no marco de suas atribuicoes constitucionais.

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Research paper thumbnail of As perspectivas do processo de paz na Colômbia

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Research paper thumbnail of Dez Anos de Mercosul: Entre a Euforia e o Ceticismo

Meridiano 47 - Journal of Global Studies, Sep 8, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of O Atlântico Sul nas perspectivas estratégicas de Brasil, Argentina e África do Sul

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Research paper thumbnail of La dinámica política de las Américas: utopías y realidades

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Research paper thumbnail of Parcerias estratégicas no contexto da política exterior brasileira: implicações para o Mercosul

Revista Brasileira De Politica Internacional, Dec 1, 1999

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Research paper thumbnail of Security Policies of India, Brazil and South Africa: Regional Security Contexts as Constraints for a Common Agenda / Políticas de Segurança da Índia, Brasil e África do Sul: contexto regional de segurança e limites para uma agenda comum

Mural Internacional, Jun 30, 2014

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Research paper thumbnail of International coalitions in Brazil's foreign policy: security and governance reform

Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2012

The text analyses the relevance and role of international coalitions as instruments and arenas fo... more The text analyses the relevance and role of international coalitions as instruments and arenas for negotiation in the context of Brazilian foreign policy under Luis Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010), and the perspectives they bring to the attainment of the goal of reforming the spaces and instruments of global governance in the political, economic and security spheres. Under Lula da Silva, Brazil supported and resorted intensively to coalitions not only for their instrumental value for consolidating the country's international presence and actions, but also due to the possibility that they could induce systemic change towards a more uneven pattern of power distribution, thus helping to overcome lasting political and economic international asymmetries.

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Research paper thumbnail of Dez Anos de Mercosul

Meridiano 47 - Journal of Global Studies, 2001

O presente artigo busca realizar um breve balanco dos dez anos desde a assinatura do Tratado de A... more O presente artigo busca realizar um breve balanco dos dez anos desde a assinatura do Tratado de Assuncao e delinear as perspectivas para o bloco, face as recentes crises enfrentadas por alguns de seus membros.

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Research paper thumbnail of Insurgência Armada no Arco Noroeste da América do Sul: implicações para a Segurança e para o Exército Brasileiro

O presente texto analisa o panorama da insurgencia armada na America Latina, com foco maior no ar... more O presente texto analisa o panorama da insurgencia armada na America Latina, com foco maior no arco noroeste da America do Sul. A partir de breve retrospectiva da ascensao e declinio da insurgencia armada na America Latina, considera o panorama atual e as perspectivas da insurgencia armada a luz de tendencias regionais contemporâneos como o fortalecimento do crime organizado transnacional, o estancamento do processo de paz na Colombia, a crise venezuelana e seus desdobramentos nos paises vizinhos. Discute os fatores que concorrem para que o tema se mantenha em perspectiva na agenda politica de alguns paises e na dimensao regional. Analisa tambem os enlaces da insurgencia armada com ameacas nao estatais no plano regional, em particular o crime organizado e o terrorismo, e discute e suas perspectivas e implicacoes para o Exercito Brasileiro. Palavras-chave: insurreicao armada; America do Sul; Forcas Armadas Revolucionarias da Colombianas; Exercito de Libertacao Nacional; Sendero Lumin...

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Research paper thumbnail of Brazil: South-South Economic Relations and Global Governance

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Research paper thumbnail of Políticas de Segurança da Índia, Brasil e África do Sul: contexto regional de segurança e os limites para uma agenda comum

In the course of the last decade, the IBSA states have increased their weight in the shifting glo... more In the course of the last decade, the IBSA states have increased their weight in the shifting global order, particularly in economic affairs. Can the same be said about the IBSA states' position in the international security hierarchy? After locating the IBSA coalition in the shifting world order, we analyze its member states' willingness and capacity to coordinate their security policies and build a common global security agenda. In addition, we explore the state of and perspectives on bi- and trilateral collaboration initiatives on defense and armaments between India, Brazil and South Africa. A key reason for the mostly modest results of global security agenda coordination and cross-regional defense collaboration is that the prevailing security concerns of each country are located at the regional level. Therefore, the starting point of an assessment of the prospects of IBSA's security cooperation and its potential impact on the strategic global landscape has to be a co...

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Research paper thumbnail of O Relançamento do Mercosul

Meridiano 47 - Journal of Global Studies, 2000

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Research paper thumbnail of Det innenrikspolitiske grunnlaget og begrensninger for Brasils utenrikspolitikk: et demokratisk underskudd?

Internasjonal Politikk, May 18, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of Brazilian approaches to maritime security cooperation in IBSA and the prospects for an Atlantic–Indian maritime security governance

Journal of The Indian Ocean Region, Jul 3, 2015

The present text discusses Brazilian's perspectives on South Atlantic security, the prospects... more The present text discusses Brazilian's perspectives on South Atlantic security, the prospects of its engagement in fostering maritime security governance in the axis linking the South Atlantic and the Indian Oceans and the role that the India, Brazil and South Africa Dialogue Forum (IBSA) might play in this regard. It addresses Brazil's geostrategic interests and concerns regarding its maritime projection and its perspectives towards security and maritime cooperation within IBSA. Thereafter, it contrasts these perspectives with the priority currently assigned to the South Atlantic in its defense policy and to the political and diplomatic valuation of the South Atlantic Zone of Peace and Cooperation as the proper institutional framework to foster maritime governance in the region. It concludes by pointing out that at present there are no immediate and mid-term incentives strong enough for Brazil to change its primary focus on the South Atlantic to favour the emergence of a bi-ocean governance framework.

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Research paper thumbnail of A crise venezuelana como fator de instabilidade regional

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Research paper thumbnail of Security Policies of India, Brazil and South Africa – Regional Security Contexts as Constraints for a Common Agenda

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Feb 1, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of Brazil-Africa Agricultural Cooperation Encounters: Drivers, Narratives and Imaginaries of Africa and Development

IDS Bulletin, Jun 28, 2013

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Research paper thumbnail of Brazil as ‘Southern donor’: beyond hierarchy and national interests in development cooperation?

Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Dec 1, 2012

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Research paper thumbnail of Vacia: la agenda social en el Mercosur y en el ALCA

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Research paper thumbnail of Crime organizado transnacional, terrorismo e insurgência armada no arco noroeste da América do Sul: tendências recentes e implicações para a segurança e a ação do Exército Brasileiro

O artigo apresenta o panorama seguranca na America do Sul, com enfase em seu arco noroieste, cons... more O artigo apresenta o panorama seguranca na America do Sul, com enfase em seu arco noroieste, considerando o conjunto das tendencias recentes do crime organizado transnacional, do terrorismo e da insurgencia armada com o proposito de identificar e analisar as principais implicacoes da acao de atores nao estatais para os interesses e iniciativas brasileiras voltadas para a promocao da seguranca e da estabilidade no âmbito domestico e no entorno regional do Pais e, em ultima instância, para os papeis que o Exercito Brasileiro possa cumprir com aquele mesmo proposito. Destacam-se a proeminencia do crime organizado transnacional, o significativo peso de condicionantes e fatores domesticos no delineamento das possibilidades de acao dos atores nao estatais e as dificuldades enfrentadas pelos paises internamente e no âmbito regional para responder de modo coordenado a crescente inseguranca impingida por atores nao estatais. Tais aspectos suscitam desafios e aprofundam dilemas para o Exercito Brasileiro enquanto instrumento de defesa crescentemente instado a atuar em questoes de seguranca, no marco de suas atribuicoes constitucionais.

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Research paper thumbnail of As perspectivas do processo de paz na Colômbia

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Research paper thumbnail of Dez Anos de Mercosul: Entre a Euforia e o Ceticismo

Meridiano 47 - Journal of Global Studies, Sep 8, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of O Atlântico Sul nas perspectivas estratégicas de Brasil, Argentina e África do Sul

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Research paper thumbnail of La dinámica política de las Américas: utopías y realidades

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Research paper thumbnail of Parcerias estratégicas no contexto da política exterior brasileira: implicações para o Mercosul

Revista Brasileira De Politica Internacional, Dec 1, 1999

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Research paper thumbnail of Security Policies of India, Brazil and South Africa: Regional Security Contexts as Constraints for a Common Agenda / Políticas de Segurança da Índia, Brasil e África do Sul: contexto regional de segurança e limites para uma agenda comum

Mural Internacional, Jun 30, 2014

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Research paper thumbnail of International coalitions in Brazil's foreign policy: security and governance reform

Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2012

The text analyses the relevance and role of international coalitions as instruments and arenas fo... more The text analyses the relevance and role of international coalitions as instruments and arenas for negotiation in the context of Brazilian foreign policy under Luis Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010), and the perspectives they bring to the attainment of the goal of reforming the spaces and instruments of global governance in the political, economic and security spheres. Under Lula da Silva, Brazil supported and resorted intensively to coalitions not only for their instrumental value for consolidating the country's international presence and actions, but also due to the possibility that they could induce systemic change towards a more uneven pattern of power distribution, thus helping to overcome lasting political and economic international asymmetries.

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Research paper thumbnail of Dez Anos de Mercosul

Meridiano 47 - Journal of Global Studies, 2001

O presente artigo busca realizar um breve balanco dos dez anos desde a assinatura do Tratado de A... more O presente artigo busca realizar um breve balanco dos dez anos desde a assinatura do Tratado de Assuncao e delinear as perspectivas para o bloco, face as recentes crises enfrentadas por alguns de seus membros.

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Research paper thumbnail of Insurgência Armada no Arco Noroeste da América do Sul: implicações para a Segurança e para o Exército Brasileiro

O presente texto analisa o panorama da insurgencia armada na America Latina, com foco maior no ar... more O presente texto analisa o panorama da insurgencia armada na America Latina, com foco maior no arco noroeste da America do Sul. A partir de breve retrospectiva da ascensao e declinio da insurgencia armada na America Latina, considera o panorama atual e as perspectivas da insurgencia armada a luz de tendencias regionais contemporâneos como o fortalecimento do crime organizado transnacional, o estancamento do processo de paz na Colombia, a crise venezuelana e seus desdobramentos nos paises vizinhos. Discute os fatores que concorrem para que o tema se mantenha em perspectiva na agenda politica de alguns paises e na dimensao regional. Analisa tambem os enlaces da insurgencia armada com ameacas nao estatais no plano regional, em particular o crime organizado e o terrorismo, e discute e suas perspectivas e implicacoes para o Exercito Brasileiro. Palavras-chave: insurreicao armada; America do Sul; Forcas Armadas Revolucionarias da Colombianas; Exercito de Libertacao Nacional; Sendero Lumin...

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Research paper thumbnail of Brazil: South-South Economic Relations and Global Governance

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Research paper thumbnail of Políticas de Segurança da Índia, Brasil e África do Sul: contexto regional de segurança e os limites para uma agenda comum

In the course of the last decade, the IBSA states have increased their weight in the shifting glo... more In the course of the last decade, the IBSA states have increased their weight in the shifting global order, particularly in economic affairs. Can the same be said about the IBSA states' position in the international security hierarchy? After locating the IBSA coalition in the shifting world order, we analyze its member states' willingness and capacity to coordinate their security policies and build a common global security agenda. In addition, we explore the state of and perspectives on bi- and trilateral collaboration initiatives on defense and armaments between India, Brazil and South Africa. A key reason for the mostly modest results of global security agenda coordination and cross-regional defense collaboration is that the prevailing security concerns of each country are located at the regional level. Therefore, the starting point of an assessment of the prospects of IBSA's security cooperation and its potential impact on the strategic global landscape has to be a co...

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