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Theme 5: Crisis and the collapse of the class compromise
Malamud – Foreign Policy Retreat: Domestic and Systemic Causes of Brazil’s
International Rollback
= foreign policy
Between 1995 and 2015 Brazil seemed to emerge as a regional leader and
global power
Systemic opportunities for Brazil’s Rise
Systemic = o For a rising power, the restrictiveness of the international system is
looking at the determined by:
world as a 3 types of polarity:
Polarity Unipolar
system Bipolar
Rivalry
o During Cold War –
The degree to which the established Russia vs USA
Multipolar
powers are hostile or friendly to the
o Currently we have a
rising power multipolar system
o The more powers, the less restrictive the o China, USA,
Europe
international system is
Hegemon = most o Whenever there was a gap in power, Brazil (rising
powerful country
power) can emerge as an actor
o Regional rise:
Brazil takes up a very big space of South America
Argentina was Brazil’s biggest threat
Both were, in 60s and 70s, under military dictatorship
Control over river was cause of rivalry
MERCOSUR – the common market of South America, 1991
This was important, because it laid down the groundwork
for cooperation between Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and
Uruguay
Ended rivalry with Argentina
Once there was this close cooperation, there was no real
security threats in this region
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