February 13, 2012 In a country where defence policy has traditionally not been a key aspect of overall foreign policy, seeing a former...
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My twitterfeed is made up of Chinese, Indian, Russian and Brazilian foreign policy analysts – and while most of them stricly comment on...
As emerging powers such as China, India and Brazil gain greater influence on the international political stage, they are generally expected to seek a...
In a country where defense policy has traditionally not been a key aspect of overall foreign policy, seeing a former powerful foreign minister assume...
Last week Brazil’s government at last announced that it would develop a program to attract more qualified immigrants, thus heeding calls...
One of the key questions for Brazilian decision makers – both in domestic and foreign policy – this year will be how to deal with...
These days diplomats in Brasília, Moscow, New Delhi, Beijing and Pretoria are busily preparing for the 4th BRICS Summit, to be held on March 29 in...
The new Global Go To Think Tanks Report, published last week by the University of Pennsylvania, is the most comprehensive ranking of the world’s top...
One of the major themes of academic debates in the field of international relations these days is about how the rise of powers such as China, India...
Above all, the 7th Turkish-African Congress in Khartoum, organized by TASAM, a Turkish think tank, was yet another impressive sign of Turkey’s...
On Wednesday I’ll participate in a debate about Brazil’s growing role in Africa at the 7th International Turkish – African...
This highly informative collection of essays edited by Emma Mawdsley and Gerard McCann provides the reader with an excellent overview of...
“Brazil fears massive entry of immigrants” wrote Brazil’s O Globo, a daily from Rio de Janeiro, in today’s edition. In...
Global Times | January 09, 2012 21:23 By Xu Ming Last year was a big one for the BRIC group of developing nations, Brazil, Russia, India, and China...
Book review: Temptations of the West: How to be modern in India, Pakistan and beyond. By Pankaj Mishra. Picador, 2011. 452 pages. R$ 24,63...
Western nations, and the United States in particular, are proud of the global order they have created after World War II. Rightly so: for the...