Brazil in the world : the international relations of a South American giant

This book contributes to the construction of an integrated analysis of Brazilian foreign policy by focusing on the country's insertion into both the regional and global system over the roughly twenty-five years through to the end of Dilma's first term as president in 2014. An attempt is made to order the discussion through exploration of a series of themes, which are further broken down into key component parts. The first section presents the context, with chapters on institutional structures and the tactical behaviours exhibited by the country's diplomacy, which will be used to guide the analysis in subsequent chapters. The second focuses on issues, taking in trade policies, the rise of Brazilian foreign direct investment, security policy and multilateralism. Key relationships are covered in the final section, encompassing Latin America, the Global South, the US and China. A central contradiction is the clear sense that Brazilian foreign policy makers want to position their country as leader, but are almost pathologically averse to explicitly stating this role or accepting the implicit responsibilities. The recurrent theme is the rising confusion about what Brazil's international identity is, what it should be, and what this means Brazil can and should do. A repeated point made is that foreign policy is an important and often overloooked aspect of domestic policies. The Dilma presidency does hold an important place in the analytical narrative of this book, particularly with respect to the chapters on trade, Brazil Inc., security policy and bilateral relations with the US and China. This text explains why Brazil is taking an increasingly prominent international role, how it conducts and plans its regional and global interactions, and what the South American giant intends to do with its rising international influence. Brazil has suddenly become a country of interest to the West, playing a critical role in global economic talks at the G20 and WTO, brokering North-South relations through its new international economic geography, and stepping into regional and global security questions through its activities in Haiti, Paraguay and the nuclear question in Iran. This book explains why Brazil is taking an increasingly prominent international role, how it conducts and plans its regional and global interactions, and what the South American giant intends to do with its rising international influence. The book is written for the non-specialist, providing students and other interested readers with a well-organized, concise introduction to the fundamentals of the foreign policy of an emerging Twenty-First Century power Brazil has suddenly become a country of interest to the West, playing a critical role in global economic talks at the G20 and WTO, brokering North-South relations through its new international economic geography, and stepping into regional and global security questions through its activities in Haiti, Paraguay and the nuclear question in Iran. This book explains why Brazil is taking an increasingly prominent international role, how it conducts and plans its regional and global interactions, and what the South American giant intends to do with its rising international influence. The book is written for the non-specialist, providing students and other interested readers with a well-organized, concise introduction to the fundamentals of the foreign policy of an emerging Twenty-First Century power. *** Winner of the Latin American Studies Association's 2018 Luciano Tomassini Latin American International Relations Book Award *** This Book Draws On Over Seventy Interviews, Fieldwork In Five Countries, And A Comprehensive Survey Of Government Documents, Media Reports And Scholarly Literature. It Examines Multilateralism, Trade And Security, As Well As The Pattern Of Bilateral Relations In South America, The Global South, And With China And The Usa To Trace How Brazil Formulates Its Transformative Foreign Policy Agenda And Works To Implement It Regionally And Globally.--page [4] Of Cover. Thinking About Brazil In The World -- The Domestic Foreign Policy Context -- A Jeito Brasileiro ... The Brazilian Way -- Brazil's Multilateralist Impulse -- Trade Policy -- Brazil Inc. -- Security Policy -- Brazil And Latin America -- Brazil And The Global South -- Brazil And The United States -- Brazil And China -- Conclusions And Future Possibilities. Sean W. Burges. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Figures and tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations Chapter 1 | Thinking about Brazil in the world Chapter 2 | The domestic foreign policy context Chapter 3 | O jeito brasileiro... the Brazilian way Chapter 4 | Brazil’s multilateralist impulse Chapter 5 | Trade policy Chapter 6 | Brazil Inc. Chapter 7 | Security policy Chapter 8 | Brazil and Latin America Chapter 9 | Brazil and the Global South Chapter 10 | Brazil and the United States Chapter 11 | Brazil and China Chapter 12 | Conclusions and future possibilities References Index