As in other systems beset by authoritarian compromises, Brazil’s inner contradictions have paved the way for a retreat into nostalgia over the past decade.
Even though COVID-19 developments set states and economies further apart, a new push from the Biden administration can partially restore confidence in multilateral endeavours.
Under the aegis of a transformational pandemic we are either on the verge of planetary transformation or in the throes of inept leaders.
Donald Trump emerged as the unlikely victor of the Battle of Seattle, despite many underestimating his political muscle, causing multilateralism to suffer accordingly.
The Bush years were marked by economic competition with rising Asian powers (Japan) and renewed institutional investments in Latin America after re-democratization.
Caught in the transition between competitive scarcity and competitive abundance the status of Brazil as an emerging power was left hanging in the balance.
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