Lula’s policy is an attempt to exert influence over Brazil’s neighbor, but the recent past suggests this may have limited effect. In the aftermath of...
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BY OLIVER STUENKEL MARCH 27, 2024 Brazil’s president has restored his country’s international reputation, but his provocative gestures are bedeviling...
Brazil’s Polarization Is Here to Stay Even As Politicians Have (Mostly) Dialed Down the Rhetoric The political debate in Latin America’s...
The Real Impact of Maduro’s Guyana Referendum SÃO PAULO — “There’s one thing South America does not need right now: trouble,” replied Brazil’s...
The Israel-Hamas War Is Inflaming Polarization in Latin America BY OLIVER STUENKEL NOVEMBER 16, 2023 The region’s leaders have been far more critical...
Republican Threats on Mexico Could Carry a Huge Cost BY OLIVER STUENKEL SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 Even if it’s just rhetoric, Republican candidates’...
BY OLIVER STUENKEL AUGUST 24, 2023 The BRICS transformation into a Beijing-led alliance poses a challenge for Brazil and Argentina. On the occasion...
AQ Podcast: Lula’s Foreign Policy and What It Means for Latin America APRIL 26, 2023 Oliver Stuenkel on Brazil’s potential to be a regional...
BY OLIVER STUENKEL APRIL 25, 2023 A diplomatic heavy hitter is back at the helm of Latin America’s largest country—but the path to an influential...
BY OLIVER STUENKEL APRIL 12, 2023 The Brazilian president’s trip to Beijing will be shaped by numerous agreements and investment promises...
BY OLIVER STUENKEL JANUARY 23, 2023 With the region’s leaders gathering in Buenos Aires, disagreements threaten to spoil chances for collaboration...
After numerous analysts had warned, over the past years, of the risks of a “Brazilian January 6” in the aftermath of a Lula victory, the invasion of...
Divisions over a candidate for a multilateral post show that obstacles to cooperation still remain, even with more ideological alignment. BY...
OCTOBER 25, 2022 Once deemed unlikely, reelection would allow Brazil’s president to double down on his cultural agenda and bring an uncertain...
The first-round vote ended with a margin much slimmer than expected between the main candidates, President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz...
Photo by Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images) SÃO PAULO – At a recent dinner party in São Paulo, a friend who is an executive at...
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Oliver Della Costa Stuenkel is a political analyst, speaker and a Professor at the School of International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) in São Paulo. He is also a non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington DC, a non-resident Fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin, and a columnist for Estado de São Paulo and Americas Quarterly. His research focuses on geopolitics and global order, Brazilian foreign policy, Latin American politics and emerging powers. He is the author of several books about geopolitics, including The BRICS and the Future of Global Order (Lexington) and the Post-Western World: How Emerging Powers Are Remaking Global Order (Polity).BOOK: POST-WESTERN WORLD
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