Based on the theoretical and methodological approach of the Copenhagen School of International Security, the present article seeks to understand the roots of the domestic crisis of the Ukrainian state based on the identification of relevant external actors in regional, inter-regional and global levels.
Experiences in recent history, especially the cases of the IDB and the World Bank, reinforce the negative perception of developing countries about current multilateral development banks as institutions that serve hegemonic interests.
This article has as object of analysis the process of foreign policy formulation and decision-making during the Brazilian military regime. The objective is to identify the participation of various domestic interests groups in the process and to show the different foreign policy orientations adopted by each military government within this period.
The article aims to understand the performance of the African Union (AU) in the security field in its first decade of existence (2002-2012), and to defend the hypothesis that, even with changes in the structure of the organization in question, granting it more dynamism in conflict resolution, its capacity is in fact curbed by the lack of skilled personnel and by its dependence on resources from external partners.
The proposal of this paper is to establish connections between Brazilian political leaders’ speeches, since the Lula administration, and the diplomat Araújo Castro in relation to complaints about the need to promote the “thawing” of world power.