Lula’s Foreign Policy Path for Brazil and the Constraints on Grand Strategy Change
Lula channels many Brazilians’ desire for a more expansive role in the world while Bolsonaro, by contrast, tended to pull the country’s gaze inward.
Opinion – Brazil 2022: A Constitutional Election in Disguise
Underneath the surface of a functioning liberal democracy with representation challenges and bitter political disputes like any other, a seismic change is happening.
Brazil’s Ongoing Pursuit of Democracy Amidst Bicentennial Celebrations
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.
Devouring Brazilian Modernism: The Rise of Contemporary Indigenous Art
Contemporary indigenous art rescues a series of ethical values that can help the world to overcome the civilizational crisis, and help Brazil to overcome political and environmental setbacks.
Interview – Kai Michael Kenkel
Kai Michael Kenkel talks about shifts in UN peacekeeping missions and the role of the UN and member states, as well as Brazil’s role in the global order.
Interview – Pedro Frizo
Development practitioner Pedro Frizo talks about his work with Amazonian communities, efforts to develop businesses in the region and the concept of bioeconomy.
Visa Policies as Externalisation Practices in the Global South
It is key to engage in a more ample debate over how visa policies and other practices in the Global South contribute in shifting these countries’ borders.
Interview – Gabriel Passetti
Gabriel Passetti highlights the historic role of the British Empire in Latin America and New Zealand, and inter-American relations from the 19th century to the present day.
Interview – Rubens Ricupero
Former Minister and Secretary General of UNCTAD, Rubens Ricupero, discusses Brazilian foreign policy and diplomacy, today’s environmental agenda, and the Real Plan.
The Pandemic in Brazil: Normality as Necropolitics
COVID has caused social chaos in Brazil, and a discourse of return to normality and valorization of the economy to the detriment of public health is being headed by the country’s highest authority.
