Estratégias de atuação do Brasil na América do Sul

Abstract

ABSTRACT Brazil’s operating strategies in South America This monograph aims to analyze the strategies employed by Brazil in its foreign policy acting as a regional power in South America, with regard to regional integration initiatives in the period from 2008 to 2010, focusing on its role in mediating tensions and creation of the Union of South American Nations, an unprecedented regional cooperation initiative that encompassed all 12 countries of the subcontinent, aiming to act in the political, economic, social and cultural spheres. Considering that South America is part of the Brazilian strategic environment, its stability and development being of national interest, and that Diplomacy and Defense are closely related, having actions that differ, but have the same objective, this research is proposes to identify which strategies were used by Brazil in its foreign policy in the South American region in the period from 2008 to 2010 and which strategies could be employed in the next two years. To this end, the conceptualization of the types of strategies that regional powers can adopt in foreign policy in their region was presented, in light of the theoretical assumptions enunciated by Destradi (2008). Next, the geopolitical scenario of South American is presented, starting from the end of the Cold War for a better understanding of the context in which the Union of South American Nations was established, and the strategies used by Brazil in its foreign policy in South America in the period from 2008 to 2010. Finally, based on what is contained in the drafts of the National Defense Policy and National Defense Strategy, and in the Multi- Year Plan 2024-2027, we can see which strategies can be expected from Brazil in its operations in South America over in the next biennium.