Política externa brasileira: capital social e discurso democrático na América do Sul

Villa, Rafael Duarte

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“…In this sense, South American integration is a necessity rather than just an opportunity (AbdulHak 2013: 202). In fact, since the late 1970s, Brazilian diplomatic initiatives for fostering regional co-operation have become turning points in South American relations, disassembling the old geopolitics of containment in the process (Villa 2006). As noted by Abdul-Hak, there are numerous factors that promote Brazil's intense regional engagement, including:…”

Section: Brazil's International Agendamentioning

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A South American Defence Structure: Problems and Prospects

Filho¹

2017

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This article discusses the process of building a South American defence architecture over the past two decades, culminating in the formation of the South American Defence Council (Consejo de Defensa Suramericano, or CDS). It discusses the main proposals for a regional security mechanism, primarily made by Brazil and Venezuela, analyses the debates around them, and characterises them as different models of regionalism, namely a pluralistic and amalgamated model. I argue that the differences between these models, and the different agendas underpinning them, constitute obstacles to the progress of regional co-operation and integration in the military field. Other obstacles include the overlap of regional defence initiatives, the different options for operationalising 'extraregional deterrence' , the relationship between regional countries and extra-regional actors, the inclusion of security issues in the CDS agenda, and the idea of demilitarising borders.

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Section: Brazil's International Agendamentioning

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A South American Defence Structure: Problems and Prospects

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2017

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“…Policy proposals that underestimated the weight of nationalism (such as 'peripheral realism' in Argentina or 'interdependence' in Mexico) were often short-lived, and have soon been transformed into anathemas in electoral campaigns. An important gap in the literature on the relationship between political regime and foreign policy in the region has been spotted by Rafael Villa (2006), who believes that South American countries which have undergone institutional democratization over the last decades may still lack 'democratic capital' in their societies, which consequently affects the way foreign policy is made. As stated by Villa,"The low degree of continuity and institutionalization of the so-called 'rules of the game' in various countries in the region, especially in the Andean Community, precludes a minimum of congruence between formal rationality (legally expressed in constitutions, clauses or decrees) and effective democratic practices" (Villa 2006, 82).…”

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Foreign Policy Analysis in Latin American democracies: the case for a research protocol

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2016

Rev. bras. polít. int.

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In this article we propose an alternative theoretical path to study contemporary Latin American foreign policies, evoking the notion of 'public policy cycle' to explain how democratic regimes in the region have been able to expand their autonomy over time. For that, we will first identify the sources of a given country's foreign policy, both at home and abroad, as well as its decision-making and implementation mechanisms. With regard to methodology, by replacing sheer deductivism for some inductivism, this approach also innovates in allowing more rigorous comparative politics and, consequently, new general theories about Latin American politics and policies.Keywords: Latin America; Democracy; Foreign Policy Analysis. Received: March 13, 2016Accepted: June 14, 2016 IntroductionT his article has both a conceptual nature and a normative appeal, as it postulates an unconventional approach to Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) on Latin American democracies in at least two senses: (a) it emphasizes the need to avoid sheer policy comparison, instead advocating the comprehension of conditions under which each foreign policy is conceived and implemented; and (b) it rejects the determinism of systemic approaches in International Relations (IR), usually responsible for assigning to the Latin American continent the role of either a complement to globalized supply chains or an area under the military influence of global powers. This article argues that a possible way to overcome such difficulties could be an analytical turn toward 'foreign policy cycles', i.e. by identifying domestic and international sources of a country's foreign policy (FP), as well as its procedures for formulation, decision-making and implementation, one would be better positioned to assess a Copyright:• This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original author and source are credited.• Este é um artigo publicado em acesso aberto e distribuído sob os termos da Foreign Policy Analysis in Latin American democracies: the case for a research protocol Rev. Bras. Polít. Int., 59(1): e006, 2016 Lopes; Faria; Santos 2 country's FP. It envisages the adoption of an inductive pathway, associated with a methodologically rigorous comparative stance, to lead to new theories and concepts, better able to explain foreign policy choices in Latin American democracies. For that purpose, in this paper's first section we apply the foundations of comparative politics to foreign policy studies. In the second section, we aim to present the latest developments in Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) in Latin America, drawing attention to two of its most recurrent traits -reliance on an oversimplified behaviorism and/or on a deterministic version of structuralism. Contemporary Venezuelan foreign policy will then be addressed as a case study to illustrate the shortcomings of Latin American FPA. The third part introduces the buil...

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“…No estudo histórico da política externa brasileira, o marco conceitual com maior alcance explicativo formulado nos últimos anos é o que diferencia a ação diplomática do país no período da Guerra Fria e no pós-Guerra Fria. Há várias tipologias, representadas aqui pela dicotomia entre distância e engajamento (LAFER, 2000;LAM-PREIA, 1998, LIMA, 2003PINHEIRO, 2004;RIBEIRO, 2006;VI-GEVANI et al, 2003;VIGEVANI;OLIVEIRA, 2007;VILLA, 2006).…”

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“…Seu sucessor na pasta, Celso Lafer, utilizaria novamente a antinomia entre distância e participação para compreender a evolução da política externa brasileira (LAFER, 2000, p. 263). Na academia, o discurso diplomático de distância e participação ganhou consistência explicativa, particularmente nos trabalhos de Alfredo Valladão (2005), Letícia Pinheiro (2004), Maria Regina Soares de Lima (2003), Rafael Villa (2006), Tullo Vigevani e Marcelo F. de Oliveira (2007) e Tullo Vigevani, Marcelo F. de Oliveira e Rodrigo Cintra (2003). Com a exceção de Valladão, esses trabalhos são convergentes com a tese de Fonseca Jr., compreendendo as mudanças da política externa brasileira no período posterior à Guerra Fria dentro da dicotomia entre distância e engajamento.…”

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Distanciamento versus engajamento: alguns aportes conceituais para a análise da inserção do multilateralismo brasileiro (1945-1990)

2010

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IntroduçãoHá, no âmbito da política externa de um Estado, domínios analíticos que estruturam como essa entidade abstrata se comporta ou deve se comportar no sistema internacional. Na academia, esses domínios geralmente compreendem a análise da ação e da resultante da política externa, entendendo-a e explicando-a com a utilização de conceitos e relações de causa e efeito. Nos últimos anos, criaram-se no Brasil  Artigo recebido em março de 2009 e aceito para publicação em maio de 2010.

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Política externa brasileira: capital social e discurso democrático na América do Sul

Cited by 11 publications

References 17 publications

A South American Defence Structure: Problems and Prospects

A South American Defence Structure: Problems and Prospects

Foreign Policy Analysis in Latin American democracies: the case for a research protocol

Distanciamento versus engajamento: alguns aportes conceituais para a análise da inserção do multilateralismo brasileiro (1945-1990)

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