Revista Conjuntura Austral

4-19

Authors: Fabiano Mielniczuk

This article deals with the Ukrainian crisis and its international implications. Firstly, it describes the events that led to the crisis and its aftermath until the annexation of Crimea by Russia. Then, a comparison between Russian and Western perspectives on interventions is offered in order to clarify the logic behind Moscow actions. The following sections treat the events after the annexation of Crimea and the implications of three possible scenarios arising from this crisis for international relations. In the conclusion, the Western strategy to deal with Ukraine is criticized and an appeal is made for Russia to be treated without obsolete references of the Soviet period.

63-82

Authors: Bruno Gomes Guimarães

This article analyses North Korean ideologies concerning war and violence. For that, first there is a theoretical review of how ideologies are linked with organised violence. Siniša Maleševićʼs theory about the ideologisation of violence in Modernity is reviewed as well as Carl Schmittʼs concept of the political and his later update concerning partisanship. Following the theoretical approaches, there is an analysis of the North Korean ideologies proper, focused on Songun (military-first ideology) and on its counterpart the Chʼongdae (the gun philosophy) and what they stipulate with reference to violence and war. In the conclusion, it states that both Songun and Ch‟ongdae deal with enmity in extremes and are aware of the possibility of war involving North Korea. Even if just for defensive purposes, they call for revolutionary violence. They also serve the purpose of constant mobilisation and legitimisation of war in the country: This way it is always ready for war. Moreover, as both Schmittʼs and Maleševićʼs theoretical approaches would predict, these North Korean ideologies do not seem to be open for compromise, exactly because they deal with absolute enmity and dehumanize their enemies.

101-121

Authors: Marcos Antonio da Silva, Guillermo Alfredo Johnson, Anatólio Medeiros Arce

This paper analyzes the international projection of the Cuban Revolution, discussing the contours of your soft power that contributed to its international reintegration. To this end, after presenting a brief discussion of this concept, and transformations of the international contemporary analyzes the change of use of soft power in the revolutionary process in Cuba. In this sense, points out that such power was in the golden years of the Revolution (60 and 70), based on the revolutionary aura and charisma of their leaders (Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, among others) and in the first decade of this century, acquired new contours supported the emergence of social Diplomacy, based on cooperation based on social services (health, education and sports, among others), contributing to the establishment of diplomatic ties and the development of a positive image of the country.