A harder edge: reframing Brazil's power relation with Africa

Seabra, Pedro

doi:10.1590/0034-7329201400105

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“…Additionally, it partook in the now extinct missions in Uganda, Rwanda, Mozambique, Angola, among others. There is therefore a greater presence in Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as a preferential deployment of Military Observers, under Chapter VI of the UN Charter (Seabra and Seabra 2014). The naval partnership with Namibia and South Africa is particularly remarkable, as well as some academic exchanges with Mozambique, Angola, Sao Tome and Principe and Cape Verde.…”

Section: Technical Cooperation In Security and Defense: Brazil's Presenmentioning

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COOPERAÇÃO TÉCNICA EM SEGURANÇA & DEFESA: PRESENÇA DO BRASIL NA ÁFRICA

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Migon

2017

RBEA

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O presente artigo tem por finalidade revisar a dinâmica de relações entre Brasil e África, especificamente no tocante à cooperação técnica em Defesa, com ênfase nos séculos XX e XXI. Parte do entorno estratégico brasileiro, o continente africano atrai a atenção do Brasil, ao passo que vem obtendo inserção crescente na agenda de pesquisa nacional, em especial na área de Segurança & Defesa. No que concerne a essa dinâmica, cabe notar que a região fora atingida como nenhuma outra pelas transformações na economia e política mundiais, pelo que tais questões se tornaram primordiais para o continente e para o espaço sul atlântico como um todo.

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Section: Technical Cooperation In Security and Defense: Brazil's Presenmentioning

confidence: 99%

COOPERAÇÃO TÉCNICA EM SEGURANÇA & DEFESA: PRESENÇA DO BRASIL NA ÁFRICA

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Migon

2017

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“…This strategy entails not only the traditional channels of diplomacy, namely the Ministry of External Relations (also known as Itamaraty) and the Presidency, but also the Armed Forces, with the Navy in particular playing an important role in establishing bilateral cooperation initiatives including officer and cadet training, provision of vessels and equipment, and assistance with continental shelf mapping (Seabra 2014). 2 Concurrently, certain military and civilian circles in Brazil have grown more concerned with the prospect of USand NATO-led interventions in the South Atlantic (e.g.…”

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An ocean for the Global South: Brazil and the zone of peace and cooperation in the South Atlantic

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Seabra

2016

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

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“…Military strategies in general have also included an emphasis on South-South ties. In 2012, Brazil revised its National Defense Policy to prioritize South America and Africa (Seabra, 2014). With Africa, for example, nine general defense cooperation agreements were signed between 2003 and 2013; partners include: Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, and South Africa (ibid).…”

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“…Brazil also assumed a central role in building Namibia's navy (Stolte, 2015). As well, attention was given to backing the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone (Zona de Paz e Cooperação do Atlântico Sul, ZOPACAS) (Seabra, 2014). The National Defense Strategy also includes peace operations as a priority of international projection (Ipea, 2011).…”

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An Emerging, Post-Neoliberal Power: The Practice of Brazilian South-South Cooperation in Haiti

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This study examines the practice of Brazil's humanitarian and development cooperation with Haiti. Brazil is one of several "emerging donors" to have significantly increased their provision of development cooperation over the past decade as part of broader shifts in global political economy, raising questions as to how cooperation functions in terms of these powers' broader foreign policy objectives. The dissertation situates the question in literature that asks why states are motivated to provide development cooperation, how cooperation impacts recipient states, and expectations for the foreign policy behaviour of emerging countries in general, and for Brazil specifically. The project is based on extensive fieldwork carried out in Brazil and Haiti with 57 individuals and groups in Portuguese, French, and English, as well as Kreyól (with the assistance of an interpreter).In contrast to the current treatment of the objectives of a state in providing development cooperation, which remains focused on Western powers, I demonstrate empirically how cooperation has supported Brazil as a specifically "post-neoliberal" emerging power (meaning an interventionist state committed to balancing market concerns with other social, political and economic objectives). I argue that Brazilian cooperation has been positively received by Haitian authorities, resulting in clear (albeit short-term) political gains, mainly because of Brazil's commitment to capacity-building through direct engagement with Haitian officials. However, in approaching aid as a practice, I further conclude that the features of cooperation and the Haitian state's response are inexplicable without a post-colonial interpretation that situates cooperation in historically constituted political economies by, for instance, recognizing Brazil's desire to position itself as an alternative to the West and Haiti's consistent and problematic treatment as "fragile" in its traditional aid relations. I develop the concept of "post-colonial practice" to acknowledge how emergent forms of South-South cooperation occur in and challenge this broader context. This approach forges links between material and ideational contributions in IR, especially from critical political economy and post-colonial work (as well as postdevelopment).iii Acknowledgements This work has truly been a collaborative effort. I would first like to thank my dissertation committee for their continuous support, professional and personal, and for their intellectual guidance, which has enriched the end product in countless ways. Sean Burges has been a source of inspiration for thinking about Brazilian politics and Brazilian foreign policy, even before he was a member of the committee. Chris Brown, thank you in particular for asking tough methodological questions at the start of the process. Cristina Rojas, I am indebted to your influence for the evolution in my theoretical and conceptual understandings of international relations. I am profoundly grateful for the indescribable support of my supervisor, Laura Macdo...

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A harder edge: reframing Brazil's power relation with Africa

Cited by 13 publications

References 11 publications

COOPERAÇÃO TÉCNICA EM SEGURANÇA & DEFESA: PRESENÇA DO BRASIL NA ÁFRICA

COOPERAÇÃO TÉCNICA EM SEGURANÇA & DEFESA: PRESENÇA DO BRASIL NA ÁFRICA

An ocean for the Global South: Brazil and the zone of peace and cooperation in the South Atlantic

An Emerging, Post-Neoliberal Power: The Practice of Brazilian South-South Cooperation in Haiti

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