Revista Conjuntura Austral

4-15

Authors: Bruno Hendler

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.

26-44

Authors: Júlio César Buére

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.

67-80

Authors: Ismara Izepe de Souza

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.

87-91

Authors: Lucas de Oliveira Paes

Book Review: "Power In A Changing World Economy: Lessons From East Asia"

7-19

Authors: Sean Burges

One of the central foreign policy challenges that will confront the victor of October presidential election is how to make this area of public policy relevant and of interest to Brazilian politicians and the wider public. This article addresses this challenge by arguing that it is time for Brazilians to re-examine what is meant by autonomy and sovereignty within the context for their country‟s foreign policy. No policy prescriptions or interpretations are offered. Attention is instead focused on arguing that the national, regional and global context has changed, making reflexive adherence to pre-existing conceptual understandings is dangerous and does carry costs. If nothing is to change, the article argues, this should be a conscious choice that comes from politically and publicly engaged debate, which in turn will provide Itamaraty with the direction and support it needs to continue advancing Brazil‟s national interest.

44-61

Authors: Ana Regina Falkembach Simão

The present article aims at to reflect on the Foreign Policy and the presidential elections of 2014 in Brazil, from one retaken of the position of the candidates concerning the Mercosul and the future of the block, in the context of a bigger visibility of the subject in the mass media agenda. For in such a way, it will be boarded historical aspects of Mercosul’s formation and development, its advances and challenges, beyond the main theoretical and diplomatic evaluations on the complex process of regional integration, that oppose two distinct visions historically consolidated.

86-101

Authors: Renata Oliveira Anunciato, Vanessa Marx

The article examines the role of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) in the Brazilian Foreign Policy (BFP), from the Lula government, through the case study of the Cotton-4 Project. The first part describes the South-South Cooperation (SSC) in BFP; the second addresses the role of EMBRAPA in theCotton-4 Project and the relationship of the project with the World Trade Organization (WTO).

4-16

Authors: José Miguel Quedi Martins, Gustavo Henrique Feddersen, João Arthur da Silva Reis, Vinícius Lanzarini

This article analyzes recent events in East Asia: from the proposal to the weakening of an East Asian Community; the Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan crises; and the new framework for strategic competition involving, on the one hand, China, and on the other, Japan and the United States.

45-78

Authors: Diego Santos Vieira de Jesus

The objectives of this paper are to analyze the main factors driving the foreign policies of Russia and China in the contemporary world and explain why both decided to support the creation and development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. It is argued that one of the main guidelines of Russia's foreign policy is the search for contracts for energy exports with high prices, agreements for Russian control over strategic pipelines and investment arrangements for Russian companies abroad. Moreover, Russia opposed the Western policies of democratization in post-Soviet states and sought to develop partnerships with leading strategically important neighbors in the building of its areas of interest. The main guidelines of China's foreign policy are the survival of the communist regime; the consolidation of disputed territories firmly under Chinese control and the prevention of conflicts that would create obstacles in the pursuit of economic modernization. Chinese foreign policy operates to a more active state involvement in international institutions, essential for the maintenance of a robust economic growth and important for social stability and the political legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party. Although the convergence of views between China and Russia is not complete and that both wish to secure their own interests in Central Asia, the main force that explains the creation and development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is the implementation of a strategy of soft balancing by both states in relation to U.S. regional and global power and influence when they threaten Russian and Chinese goals. However, soft balancing did not always succeed in the light of the difficulty of Russia and China in solving their collective action problems.

96-110

Authors: Aline Chianca Dantas, Alexandre César Cunha Leite

This study aims to discuss the relationship between the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the performance of the Japanese Self Defense Forces (SDF). Thus, through a literature review on the theme, we reflect on the dimensions and the intensity of that interaction, checking if there is a process of mutual exchange.

151-156

Authors: Cintia Vieira Souto

Book Review: "Mudanças Na Natureza Da Relação Brasil Estados Unidos Durante E Após A Segunda Guerra Mundial"

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.

4-22

Authors: Isadora Loreto da Silveira

This situational analysis aims to examine the paths of transformation and continuity - in both domestic and international levels - in Egypt since the events of the Arab Spring. Since 2011, two presidents have been overthrown and the country has suffered deep changes in political and social terms, but there are structural aspects of the Egyptian political scene that have remained unchanged.

39-65

Authors: Marcelo Saguier

The article analyzes the conditions under which the UNASUR could facilitate a regional strategy for the use of mining for development. Necessary conditions for this are the strengthening of states’ capacities of states to intervene in the minerals, to regulate its activity and democratize mining policies.

85-102

Authors: Cairo Gabriel Borges Junqueira, Bruno Theodoro Luciano

This article seeks to discuss the role played by two institutions, the Constituve Forum of Municipalities, Federate States, Provinces and Departments of Southern Common Market (FCCR) and the Mercosur Parliament (Parlasur), amid the representative and legitimate inclusion of subnational actors and citizens, respectively, at the heart of the regional integration process of Mercosur.

124-126

Authors: Guilherme Ziebell de Oliveira

Bookreview of "Arab Spring, Libyan Winter" by Vijay Prashad