Open Access<b> Brazil: the Carambole Strategy of a Rising Power </b> 10.5102/uri.v13i1.3317
Author(s) -
Marco Marsili
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
universitas. relações internacionais
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1982-0720
pISSN - 1807-2135
DOI - 10.5102/uri.v13i1.3317
Subject(s) - competitor analysis , latin americans , international trade , power (physics) , foreign policy , political science , accreditation , business , development economics , politics , economics , law , marketing , physics , quantum mechanics
This paper analyzes the multilateral Brazilian foreign policy, making the country a regional pivot in Latin America, a leading nation among developing countries, and an emerging world power. Without the status of nuclear power, Brazil establishes asymmetrical alliances to earn a place in a reformed UN Security Council, but must contend the seat with accredited competitors, such as India, as well a strategic partner, and counteract some riotous neighbors, as Mexico and Argentina. Meanwhile, through the establishment and the membership in several international organizations and multilateral mechanisms, Brasília developes a worldwide policy, maneuvering between new and old alliances, and playing a 'winning and losing carambole game'. Will the chrysalis turn into a butterfly