Brazil’s Foreign Policy: Is there anything new? Do we need new lenses?

Session Submission Type: Panel

Abstract

As Brazil attempts to rise in global affairs, its foreign policy agenda becomes more diversified and complex, thus turning the distinctions between old/new, soft/hard and hot/cold issues less self-evident. This panel addresses some selected topics and partnerships in such agenda and how they are managed (e.g., multilaterally or unilaterally; with/without the incorporation of non-state actors; involving several areas of the state apparatus or encapsulated within Itamaraty; by central, state and/or local governments). We seek to understand to what extent, and how, these issues require an adaptation of policymaking mechanisms and strategies and whether we need to revise our analytical frameworks.

Sub Track

• International Relations

Chair

• Ana o Margheritis, University of Southampton

Individual Presentations

• Is there a theory of Brazilian foreign policy? - Sean W Burges, Australian National University

• Brazil’s South-South Cooperation in the field of Education: Actors, Agendas, and Foreign Policy Priorities - Carlos R S Milani, IESP-UERJ

• From Rule-Taker to Rule-Maker and Agenda-Setter? Brazil’s Role in Global Economic Governance - Mahrukh Doctor, University of Hull

Discussant

• Joseph C Marques, Brazil Institute, Kings College, London