Abstract
This paper reviews Brazil's pursuit for international insertion by: discussing its search for new partners; presenting an overview of the historical, cultural, and political features that render it the most Western of the emerging nations; and analyzing its participation in the management of two major international crises, the Honduran constitutional crisis and the Iranian nuclear crisis.
Highlights
For almost two decades— due to its economic growth and because of increasing social and political developments, Brazil has undeniably arisen as a full-fledged actor in the international scenario
This paper aims to discuss Brazil’s diplomatic posture as an emerging Western country
Brasilia opts to: (i) favor state-centric actions over regional ones; (ii) promote South-South cooperation through IBSA and BRICS, for instance, even though conventional, Western partners still continue to play an important role; (iii) intensify its action among global institutions, such as seeking out a permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) or aiming to preside the WTO17; (iv) deal more actively with global political crisis—as was the case of Honduras and Iran—as a way to show that world issues do matter for foreign policy elaboration
Summary
For almost two decades— due to its economic growth and because of increasing social and political developments—, Brazil has undeniably arisen as a full-fledged actor in the international scenario. There are two indications that support this viewpoint: (1) the creation of new discussion fora (as well as demands to reform such fora) and (2) growing participation in the management of certain types of international crises. In this context, this paper aims to discuss Brazil’s diplomatic posture as an emerging Western country. This paper aims to discuss Brazil’s diplomatic posture as an emerging Western country For this purpose, we first present a brief review of the country’s pursuit for international insertion through the search for new partners; an overview of the historical, cultural and political features that render Brazil the most Western of the emerging nations; and an analysis of Brazil’s participation in
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