O submarino nuclear brasileiro: política externa, defesa e percepções internacionais à luz do realismo defensivo (2008 -2012)

Abstract

The primary goal of this study is to apply Charles Glaser's Defensive Realism to Brazilian Nuclear Propulsion Program for Submarines. This study aims to analyse the perceptions caused by the Program in Argentina.The proposal is to analyze whether theperception generated by this program in Argentina corresponds to the brazilian international attitude as a security seeker or if it generated the perception of a greedy state, a misperception.The first part of this study will explain the theorethical choice, Glaser ́s Defensive Realism, comparing with other theories in international relations field of study, using the theory's concepts explaining it. This theory is justified because it ́s the first time realism uses a constructivist variable: information. As the subject involves Brazilian Foreign Policy related to defense and dissuasion aspects, it propose to join both in a new field of study. The text continue with a brief history of Brazilian Foreing Policy related to the development of nuclear features for the nuclear propulsion submarine and the recent defense's institutionalization in Brazil.It also presents the history of the relations Brazil-Argentina and exudes a previous rivalry partnership from the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC) that had showeda misperception. Subsequently, the study deepens the research on current perceptions, from official sources, military, academic and public opinion in order to ascertain the perception created by the program at Argentina’s State.