This article addresses Baron of Rio Branco’s grand strategy and the role played by the naval reorganization program (1904-1910) in this context. The ensuing case study determined the domestic and international constraints that affected the program, as well as the worldview of the patron of Brazilian diplomacy regarding military power’s instrumentality to foreign policy.

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ALSINA JR., João Paulo. Rio Branco, grand strategy and naval power. Rev. bras. polít. int.[online]. 2014, vol.57, n.2 [cited 2015-04-13], pp. 09-28 . A