Missões De Paz E Relações Civis-Militares: Reflexões Sobre O Caso Brasileiro

Abstract

The article discusses the interconnections between the participation of the Brazilian military in peace missions and civil-military relations in the country. For its elaboration a bibliographical revision and the collection of primary sources, like governmental documents, articles published in newspapers and magazines and interviews were realized. It is concluded that, instead of contributing to the improvement of the articulation between foreign policy and defense policy, the Brazilian participation in peace operations has been instrumentalised by the political class and indirectly contributing to the militarization of public security and the policialization of the armed forces.

Engagement of Military Peacekeepers in Brazilian Politics (2011–2021)

“…While there is abundant scholarship emphasizing the potential democratizing effects of peace operations (Bruneau & Mendee, 2015;González & Jenne, 2021;Levin et al, 2016;Sotomayor, 2014), our contribution attends to the dreary results peace operations can bring to the civil-military balance in new democracies. This paper shows that a specific category of military officers, peacekeepers, is expanding and renewing the long tradition of the presence of the Brazilian military in politics (Carvalho, 2005;Marques, 2018;Stepan, 1988). The remainder of the paper is divided into three parts.…”

“…However, little attention has been paid to peacekeeping operations in Brazilian domestic politics. The one exception is the use of peacekeepers' expertise in public security functions, especially in cities like Rio de Janeiro, where they perform police duties to maintain public order (Harig, 2019a(Harig, , 2019bMarques, 2018).…”

Racial Frontiers: Hemispheric Logics of Haitians’ Displacement and Asylum in the Americas

“…While critics problematise this "security-first" approach as justifying police and military violence as a pre-requisite for peace and development (Parra 2020), under such framework even the provision of social services can have a military purpose. Ultimately, the MINUSTAH mission was represented as successful to Brazilian audiences, legitimising in turn the military's continued role in policing Brazilian civilians (Marques 2018).…”