Key Issues on the Brazilian Foreign Policy

Authors

  • Marcos Aurelio Guedes de Oliveira Universidad Federal de Pernambuco

Keywords:

Brazil, foreign policy, South America, soft power, United Nations, borders, Itamaraty

Abstract

This paper deals with different views of the Brazilian foreign policy. First, it introduces foreign policy main directives: economic and social development as well as border delimitation with other South American countries. Secondly, it shows the situation of Brazilian relations after the Cold War with the countries and regions of the World: the United States (US), the European Union (EU), Latin America, China, Africa, India and other regions. Finally, it looks at Brazilian national interest in the United Nations (UN) and on the following fields: on energy, on environment and on defense.

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Author Biography

Marcos Aurelio Guedes de Oliveira, Universidad Federal de Pernambuco

Doctor en Ciencia Política, Universidad de Essex; profesor-investigador del Departamento de Ciencia Política en la Universidad Federal de Pernambuco, Brasil.

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Published

2013-12-17

How to Cite

Guedes de Oliveira, M. A. (2013). Key Issues on the Brazilian Foreign Policy. Comentario Internacional. Journal of the Andean Center of International Studies, (13), 49–62. Retrieved from https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/comentario/article/view/44

Issue

No. 13 (2013): Regionalismo e integración regional en América Latina

Section

Relevance

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