Revista Conjuntura Austral

21-28

Authors: Ricardo Fagundes Leães

After decades of tensions, sanctions, mistrust and instability, the governments of Iran and of the United States have finally reached an agreement aiming at thawing their relations and putting an end to international suspects about the Iran’s nuclear program. The negotiations, which began formally in November 2013, were concluded within the deadline established by the participating countries (March 31, 2015). The compromise was led by the Iranian representatives as well as by a board of European Union politicians and diplomats and of P5+1 (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany). Although the terms of the deal have not been legally fixed, we can expect a progressive lifting of the economic sanctions imposed on Iran since the 1980s and intensified after 2009. Similarly, the Iran’s nuclear program gains international backing, as it becomes subject of the most intrusive and unrestricted surveillance of experts.

42-60

Authors: Fernando Ferrari-Filho, Luiza Peruffo

The international financial crisis and the ‘great recession’ have substantially altered the dynamic process of the international economy. On the one hand, it has accentuated the asymmetry that exists between the economic size of emerging countries and their current role in the international monetary system (IMS). On the other hand, there is little space for substantial reforms in the global financial architecture inherited from the post-War period, particularly regarding to the Bretton Woods Institutions. In view of these developments, regional integration has become a second best strategy for the developing countries, specifically for South America countries. In this article, we investigate the existing mechanisms of monetary and financial cooperation in South America and question if they can ensure progress in regional integration. The historical and institutional analysis of the existing mechanisms in South America reveals a fragmentation of the region. Although the region has an extensive network of mechanisms for regional monetary and financial cooperation, such mechanisms are linked to different cooperation agreements. At the same time, our findings suggest that there is some evidence of macroeconomic convergence in UNASUR that justify a deeper integration among them. Thus, this article proposes the creation of a Regional Market Maker to UNASUR to boost trade and financial relations, discipline and standardize macroeconomic policies and prevent any disruptive situation resulting from financial and exchange rate crises.

77-97

Authors: Pablo Victor Fontes, Alana Camoça Gonçalves de Oliveira

This article observes the changes in the Brazilian foreign policies agendas in the period of 2003-2014. The analysis is particularly focused in the role of domestic actors and the MRE shifts along the years. In this sense, the article analyses the media as a tool and as an actor of Brazilian foreign policy, perceiving it’s repertoires, discourses and interests, searching a theorical framework about authors that study the relation between media and public diplomacy guided by the ex-ministers of foreign affairs of Brazil: Celso Amorim (2003-2010), Antônio Patriota (2011-2013) e Luiz Alberto Figueiredo (2013-2015). The methodology utilized in this work is the analysis of the speech with the support of Nvivo software. Likewise, this article studies the relations among media and foreign relations, through the analysis of the speech of the ministers of foreign affairs of Brazil.