Revista Conjuntura Austral

4-17

Authors: Mariana LLano, Detlef Nolte, Cordula Tibi Weber

This article analyzes the political events that occurred in Paraguay in June 2012 as well as its implications for the future of the country. It also evaluates the position of neighboring countries, MERCOSUR, UNASUR and OAS over the Paraguayan political crisis.

33-47

Authors: Bruno Hendler

The article examines the Chinese foreign policy for Iran. Its hypothesis is based on China’s intention to use the growing Iranian regional influence as a tool for hard and soft balancing on US interests in the Middle East, accordingly to Robert Pape’s concept of balance of power.

69-93

Authors: André Luiz Reis da Silva, Luiza Salazar Andriotti

The present paper has the objective of analyzing the South-South cooperation developed during the Lula government within the framework of the transformations occurred in the recent Brazilian foreign policy. First, the concept of South-South cooperation is discussed and also its importance for the international insertion of the country. Afterwards, it analyzes the priorities and the projects aiming the developing countries, as well as it studies the case of the “horizontal cooperation” promoted in the IBAS scope. The principal hypothesis is that South-South cooperation developed during the Lula government has a flexible character, adapted to the multiple realities of the developing countries. Way further than the dimension of solidarity, the South-South cooperation of the Lula government had a pragmatic character, may that be used either to reinforce its strategic partnerships, to enlarge its presence in a diverse number of regions, or to expand its commerce.

99-102

Authors: Pedro Henrique Carvalho

O Enigma do Capital e a vigésima segunda obra do destacado geógrafo inglês David Harvey. Esta apresenta uma síntese das suas ideias acerca da acumulação e fluxo de capital; além de formulações críticas e progressivas de ideias acerca da forma pela qual a sociedade cria e sustenta suas "crenças" através de um modo social de produção. O texto que segue procura apresentar os principais argumentos do geógrafo inglês e indicar uma interpretação segura sobre a obra vigente.

7-16

Authors: Cíntia Vieira Souto

This review aims to explain the recent impeachment of president elected in 2008 Fernando Lugo by Paraguayan Congress, and evaluate the consequences of this change in Paraguay relations with Brazil.

34-44

Authors: Fabrício Henricco Chagas Bastos, Fabio Metzger

The impeachment of President Fernando Lugo in Paraguay brought to the table questions that are directly related to the Brazilian political position in South America. In this brief analysis, we seek to analyze the challenges faced by Brazil from the perspective of the events triggered by the Paraguayan crisis.

54-71

Authors: Isaias Albertin de Moraes, Beatriz Rodrigues Bessa Mattos

The article proposes an analysis on cooperation in the biofuels sector between Brazil and Africa during the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva(2003 – 2010). Besides that the study sought list the major projects, treaties and memorand asigned by Brazil, aiming to promote renewable fuels in Africa.

84-102

Authors: Paulo Fagundes Visentini, Guilherme Ziebell de Oliveira

This article analyzes Peruvian foreign policy, from the 1980s to the present day. After a historical introduction, we develop an analysis of the prospects of the government of Ollanta Humala, elected in 2011. Moreover, we analyze Peruvian bilateral relations with Brazil, the USA, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia and the regional integration under the Peruvian perspective (mainly related to the UNASUR, to the Andean Community and to drug trafficking combat). We can conclude that the Ollanta Humala government presents a clear reading of the scenario changes that have been presenting themselves, managing to better take advantage of the relations with the two axes of possible partnership.

4-10

Authors: Bernardo Wahl Gonçalves de Araújo Jorge

This paper deals with the incident involving the company Stratfor and the hacker group Anonymous, an episode of cybersecurity, aiming to reflect on the implications of cyberspace for international relations.

26-42

Authors: Cristian Lorenzo

This article focus on Argentina foreign policy on biofuels in 2008 Food and Agricultural United Nations (FAO) Conference. To do this, we examinated during 2004- 2008 its international historical context and FAO financial system, both as structures.

61-85

Authors: Anatólio Medeiros Arce, Marcos Antonio da Silva

This article aims to show that the Venezuela’s adhesion to MERCOSUR has the result more perceptive from bilateral relation with Brazil. In an economic point of view this context has been realized in different sectors of economy like energetic, commodities exchange, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) because the trade exchanges diversification are deeper between Venezuelans and Brazilians than among other countries. Therefore, the Argentina intention, supporting the Venezuela adhesion in MERCOSUR to reduce the Brazilian preponderance, take another direction because the Brazil will be one of the most beneficed with the new partner insertion. Nowadays Venezuela already has the second positions among the Brazil’s partners in South America.

4-13

Authors: Cristina Soreanu Pecequilo

The goal of this article is to present an initial overview of 2012 US Presidential elections, discussing the Republican Party primary election process, suggesting hypothesis regarding the definition of the Republican candidate to the White House and the general challenges facing President Obama ́s reelection.

24-38

Authors: Eduardo Munhoz Svartman

This paper investigates the topics that reveal disagreements and convergences in defense and international security policies in Brazil and the United States. Assessing the chances of friction between the two countries, one argues that the documents which makes public both countries strategies reveal important changes in the guidelines issued by each country to the other and that, despite ambiguities and mismatches, since 2010, there is more discursive space from U.S. to Brazil set agenda and negotiate his strategic interests.

58-69

Authors: Bruno Gonçalves Rosi

Dilma Rousseff’s foreign policy emphasizes the need for reform of the Security Council of the United Nations in order to better represent the international system, improving democracy and legitimacy to the operation of this body. This article questions this procedure, considering that such reform will hardly bring the results mentioned.

4-14

Authors: Paulo Visentini, Helena Melchionna

Contemporary North Korea is challenged by two transitions. There‟s a dynastic succession after Kim Jon-Il passed way, with the appointment of his young son Kim Jon-Un and a new arrangements between the Party and the Army. By the other hand, after some failed attempts to reform the economy last decade, transition to the Chinese model is under way. It is considered the stability of this process.

31-51

Authors: Mercedes Botto

Based on the idea that international organizations are strongly determined by their historical context, this paper analyses the impact of the G20 on global governance. In so doing, it compares the post II world war order, characterized by formal multilateral institutions, and the new global order, where minilateral institutions tend to predominate. Findings show the emergence of a new way of building global consensus, in which democratic legitimacy criteria are enhanced whereas decision making effectiveness is still a pending issue.

71-89

Authors: Hermes Moreira Jr.

The crisis on the American power indicates the transformation of power relations in the current international system. This paper aims to present the characteristics of decline of American power and to demonstrate the new global balance which can be established by the rise of emerging powers like Brazil, Russia, India and China.

114-116

Authors: Lucas Pereira Rezende

Book Review: "Segurança Internacional - Práticas, Tendências e Conceitos"