“…Later, the ending of Cold War and the triumphant US‐led international liberalism (Mastanduno, 1999) favored a rapprochement between Brazil and the United States throughout the 1990s. A close understanding built up between presidents Cardoso and Clinton, anchored in shared mindsets supporting democracy, hemispheric integration, and global governance (Hirst & Pinheiro, 1995; Lima, 1996; Vigevani & Oliveira, 2005). Yet, the change of administration in the White House in 2001, added to the repercussions of 9/11, dissipated bilateral commonalities rapidly, as unipolarity quickly began to dismantle once it became entangled with the war on terror (Layne, 2006; Zakaria, 2011).…”