Trump’s victory further weakens the West in global affairs. With the United States now in retreat and the emergence of a global...
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In Goa: Brazil’s Michel Temer, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, India’s Narendra Modi, China’s Xi Jinping and South Africa’s...
A decade after the Foreign Ministers of Brazil, Russia, India and China met for the first time on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in...
By Oliver Stuenkel September 26, 2016 The Financial Times‘ Gideon Rachman recently told his readers about a profoundly unsettling experience...
A Brazilian peacekeeper of the the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) ———– Despite some...
On Wednesday afternoon, International Relations scholars across Brazil gathered in front of their computer screens as the newly minted Foreign...
Brazilian peacekeepers in Lebanon Irrespective of what happens in Brasília over the next days and weeks, someone other than Dilma Rousseff will soon...
Syrian refugees at a mosque in São Paulo, Brazil ——– While Brazil is largely seen as a source of problems nowadays, this week the...
by Oliver Stuenkel The countries most affected by the Syrian refugee crisis are Turkey, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon, home to more than 3.6 million...
In January 2015, construction of the so-called Grand Interoceanic Canal (usually called Nicaragua Canal) has finally begun. If completed, the canal...
Facing the worst economic and political crisis in more than two decades (a situation termed a “more-than-perfect storm” by Valor...
Brazil’s President Sarney and Argentina’s President Alfonsín, 1985 Book review: The Origins of Nuclear Cooperation. A Critical Oral...
Assessing whether a multilateral summit was a success or not is notoriously difficult. Observers’ expectations and definitions of success can...
As emerging powers like China are seeking to strengthen innovation-driven growth and focus on the production of value-added goods, they are...
Book review: A Contest for Supremacy. China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia. By Aaron L. Friedberg. W.W. Norton & Company, 2011...
The BRICS and the Future of Global Order. By Oliver Stuenkel. Lexington Press, 268 pages. ISBN-13: 978-0739193211 ISBN-10: 073919321X Order...