Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais

O argumento que desenvolvemos nesse artigo é o de que tanto o MERCOSUL como a CAN trazem elementos importantes para que seus membros possam negociar e cooperar para o provimento de bens públicos regionais. Esses elementos seriam aqueles apontados por Olson (1965) para que os membros de um grupo superem seus dilemas de ação coletiva, […]

In 1986, members of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) meeting in Punta del Este, Uruguay, agreed to launch a round of multilateral negotiations to further reduce barriers to international trade. For the first time in the history of the multilateral trading system, countries agreed to discuss multilateral disciplines for trade in services, […]

Nowadays, there is little doubt that peace operations constitute the very essence in regards to international processes directed to peace, security and development. Not by coincidence, they are a fundamental pillar of current international relations. Consequently, a rigorous analysis of the development of this process in a country that is one of the most representative […]

This historical essay follows previous researches by the author related to Brazil’s international economic relations in historical perspective, of which a first volume was already published, dealing with Brazilian economic diplomacy during the 19th century, from 1808 up to 1889: Formação da Diplomacia Econômica no Brasil: as relações econômicas internacionais no Império; or The Making […]

Transnational organized crime is a subject in vogue, especially in the United States. In 2011, President Barack Obama stated in his letter presenting the “Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime” that the expanding size, scope, and influence of transnational organized crime and its impact on U.S. and international security and governance represents one of the […]

In the article “Environmental issues and international relations: a new global (dis)order? The role of International Relations in promoting a concerted international system”, published in Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, Joana Castro Pereira, Assistant Professor at Lusíada University of Porto (Portugal), reflects on the role of the environment in international relations and stresses the need […]

In the last ten years, four brand new projects of regional and sub-regional integration were launched in Latin America: ALBA, UNASUR, CELAC and the Pacific Alliance. These did not replace existing schemes but added to the already abundant offer of regionalisms in the region. In this article, Gian Luca Gardini, Professor of International Relations at […]

The Euro crisis has been at the center of European Union politics during the last four years. It was the most severe crisis during the whole process of European integration, initiated after the end of the Second World War. A substantial part of the EU’s efforts since then has been devoted to so-called ‘crisis management’. […]

Chronic inflation has been one of the most distinguishing macroeconomic characteristics of Latin American countries since the end of the Second World War. This study, published in Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional (RBPI, vol. 58, 1/2015), looks at two chronic inflation cases in Latin America–Argentina and Brazil – to examine how stabilization of prices was […]

The use of private forces by some countries to undergo activities such as securing embassies or promoting national interests abroad is a significant issue in today’s international juncture, although it is not well divulgated by the media. Private forces are a specific brand of military personnel, which is employed by private companies and which is […]

Regional integration is an ever-present issue concerning Latin American politics. Only in the past two decades, the region has experienced the proliferation of myriad integration projects, as diverse and as creative as the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR); the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA); the Community of Latin American and […]

Joana Castro Pereira is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Lusíada University, Porto, Portugal. In 2014, at the age of 25, she received the PhD Degree in International Relations — Globalization and Environment, from the New University of Lisbon (Portugal). She also holds a B.A. in Languages and International Relations, with a minor in History, […]

De acordo com dados do relatório da Cooperação Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento – COBRADI - de 2010, a África ocupa o segundo lugar nos gastos brasileiros de cooperação para o desenvolvimento. No governo Lula da Silva (2003-2010), houve uma acentuação da importância das relações sul-sul e um particular estímulo às relações cooperativas brasileiras com a […]

Em 1944, os países aliados reuniram-se em Bretton Woods. Seu diagnóstico era claro: o protecionismo da década de 1930 contribuiu significativamente para o conflito que eclodiu em 1939. Por isso, a Carta de Havana, de 1947, recomendou a criação da Organização Internacional do Comércio (OIC). Os Estados Unidos, no entanto, opuseram-se a essa criação. Para […]

Entre o final do século XIX e a metade do século XX, a economia mundial foi estruturalmente modificada. O modelo capitalista consolidou-se e, posteriormente, evoluiu, ganhando feições modernas e fundando a sociedade de consumo de massa. As inovações tecnológicas, que chegavam a literalmente assustar, e as inovações organizacionais resultaram em um aumento inédito (e inimaginável) […]

António Goucha Soares is Full Professor at ISEG – School of Economics & Management, University of Lisbon, Portugal – where he holds the Jean Monnet Chair of European Law. He was Visiting Professor at Brown University (1999 and 2003). He earned his PhD degree in Law at the EUI, Florence (1996), after graduating from the […]

Tema patente nas relações internacionais contemporâneas, o combate ao crime organizado transnacional é assunto o qual muito afeta o cotidiano dos cidadãos dos países americanos, por onde se alastraram diversas redes de criminosos envolvidos, por exemplo, com o narcotráfico. É de amplo interesse dos diferentes países da região que o crime organizado transnacional seja extirpado […]

Curbing inflation has historically been one of the chief issues regarding Latin American economic agenda. In countries such as Brazil and Argentina, one can experience a never-ending struggle of conflicting conceptions about the best way to conduct the economy and to keep market liquidity under manageable conditions. In both countries, governments that successfully shrunk inflation […]

Com o fim da ordem mundial bipolar da Guerra Fria, as operações de paz das Nações Unidas tornaram-se ferramenta central de gestão de conflitos para a sociedade internacional. Entretanto, a natureza dos conflitos nos quais a Organização vem se envolvendo modificou-se. Se, antes, os conflitos eram concentrados em beligerâncias interestatais; hoje, concentram-se mais na seara […]

Há longo tempo, o fenômeno da integração regional tem acolhida na América do Sul. Já no imediato pós-Segunda Guerra Mundial, era defendido pelos teóricos da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina (CEPAL), entre os quais figurou Celso Furtado. O argumento era de que a integração regional era necessária para a criação de economia de escala, […]

Apesar dos seculares laços histórico-culturais que unem Brasil e África, os vínculos institucionais são bastante recentes. Na estrutura do Itamaraty, a primeira Divisão (sub-unidade de um Departamento) específica ao continente africano foi criada apenas em 1961. Nesse ano, igualmente, ocorreu a primeira visita de um Chanceler brasileiro à África. Demorariam mais 22 anos para que […]