Professor of Politics and International Relations at FGV
Kissinger e o Brasil
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This book draws on primary sources to detail Henry Kissinger’s policy of devolution to key emerging countries from the postcolonial world as it applied to Brazil. By looking at the politics of US recognition of Brazil as a regional power and the implications of such measure for the strategic environment of South America and the domestic politics of Brazil, the book teases out the problems of strategic interaction that recur whenever two states in a hierarchical relationship set out to achieve diplomatic alignment.
Azeredo da Silveira: um depoimento
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This is an edited transcript of a long oral-history interview with Azeredo da Silveira, one of Brazil’s most prominent diplomats and strategists of the last century. Silveira was foreign minister at the height of dictatorial rule (1974-1979), but also held key positions as a career diplomat. In this volume he speaks in detail about key episodes such as relations with Henry Kissinger, regional rivalry with Argentina, ties with Communist movements in Africa, the negotiations leading up to the Non Proliferation Treaty, the onset and failure of the North-South Dialogue, and the strategic rationale that fueled Brazil’s most sustained effort at improving its position in the global pecking order.
18 Dias: quando Lula e FHC se uniram para conquistar o apoio de Bush
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This is the story of how sitting president Fernando Henrique Cardoso, president elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the Bush Administration in 2002 worked behind the scenes to smooth the first transition to a Leftwing government in Brazil. Drawing on a vast array of secret documents and in-depth interviews in both countries, this book focuses on the relationship between domestic politics, diplomatic communication, and strategic interaction in US-Brazil relations.
The Origins of Nuclear Cooperation: a critical oral history between Argentina and Brasil
Edited with Nicholas Wheeler and Rodrigo Mallea
This e-book presents the long transcript of a three-day critical oral history interview involving the statesmen from Argentina and Brazil who averted a security dilemma and nuclear competition in the early 1980s, as the two states acquired uranium-enrichment capabilities. In the transcript readers will find a first-hand account of the strategies, misperceptions, near misses, intelligence glitches, and signals they deployed to avoid escalation and build an unprecedented system for nuclear confidence building in its stead. Readers will also find a compilation of key secret official documents pertaining to that period.
10 Desafios da Política Externa Brasileira
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This book introduces ten foreign policy problems that plague Brazilian society, hampering its development, compromising its position in the world and retarding the long process of economic modernization with social justice that the country requires. The publication is therefore composed of ten chapters that present, in policy paper format, important reflections on these current dilemmas. The book aims to contribute to the construction of a positive and pragmatic international agenda for Brazil.