Revista Conjuntura Austral

4-11

Authors: Bruno Mariotto Jubran

The text adresses the economic evolution and recent policy of independent Ukraine. The main argument is that the Ukranian crisis has its origins long before the country's diplomacy refusal to sign an association agreement with the European Union and wave in favor of rapprochement with Russia. One of it's sources is external, the competition for influence among foreign powers. The other, little discussed, refers to the evolution and to the specificities of the Ukranian economy, which in addition to undergoing systemic transformation process to capitalism, suffered a decline since 1991 and a regional divergence.

33-49

Authors: Iván Poczynok

This article explores the impact of the alignment to the United States during the two administrations of Carlos Menem (1989-1995 and 1995-1999) in the establishment of limits related to the development of military capabilities in Argentina. The paper argues that the maintenance of this alliance required to resign to the possession and development of certain capabilities and technologies that caused distrust in Washington. As a consequence, the policies adopted to renew the argentinian international profile during the 1990s led to subordinate the strategic perspective of our country to the interests of the global power.

75-100

Authors: Luciana Pazini Papi, Klei Medeiros

This article aims to analyze the international cooperation provided by Brazil through the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC) and the Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger (MDS) during the Lula government (2003-2010). These are complementary case studies that bring a vision of both the wider work of the ABC, the body that centralizes the Brazilian international cooperation, and a specific ministry, MDS, which works in conjunction with ABC in technical cooperation initiatives in the social area. The performance of ABC have played a fundamental role in order to share technical and social technologies developed from the know-how acquired by government agencies operating in Brazil (such as EMBRAPA, SENAI, among others). On the other hand, the MDS technical cooperation has been an extremely important practice. For sharing knowledge directly among that minority which is involved with the decision-making process in their respective governments, it can alter the course strategies and tactics for the development of the countries involved. During the Lula government, the actions of both bodies ensures greater political interdependence, generating ideological and theoretical affinities and allow continuous improvement of public policies promoting development in the South.