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Undergraduate Seminar: Brazilian Foreign Policy (FGV RI)

Photo: Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff, left, and US Vice President Joe Biden hold a bilateral meeting after she was sworn in for a second term, in Brasilia, Brazil in 1 January, 2015. (Associated Press)

Course Description

This course introduces students to the subject of Brazilian Foreign Policy by analyzing core concepts, ideas and challenges that have shaped the way we think about Brazil’s role in the world. Illustrations will be drawn from international history and contemporary affairs.

Course Objectives

The objective of this course is to provide a solid understanding of Brazil’s foreign policy, assessing, among other aspects, Brazil’s role in Latin America, its relationship to the United States, and debates about the country’s views on topics such as globalization, development and multilateralism. In addition, it seeks to advance students’ capacity to write clearly and express themselves coherently and apply theoretical knowledge to the subject at hand.

August 5th – November 13th 2020

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SOBRE

Oliver Stuenkel

Oliver Della Costa Stuenkel é analista político, autor, palestrante e professor na Escola de Relações Internacionais da Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) em São Paulo. Ele também é pesquisador no Carnegie Endowment em Washington DC e no Instituto de Política Pública Global (GPPi) ​​em Berlim, e colunista do Estadão e da revista Americas Quarterly. Sua pesquisa concentra-se na geopolítica, nas potências emergentes, na política latino-americana e no papel do Brasil no mundo. Ele é o autor de vários livros sobre política internacional, como The BRICS and the Future of Global Order (Lexington) e Post-Western World: How emerging powers are remaking world order (Polity). Ele atualmente escreve um livro sobre a competição tecnológica entre a China e os Estados Unidos.

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