Oliver Stuenkel is an assistant professor of international relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas in São Paulo, Brazil. He writes about emerging...
Category - Thematic
Aaron Friedberg, suggests in his new book (reviewed here) that democratization in China would reduce or even solve the geopolitical tensions that...
Por Oliver Stuenkel* Al final, fue una decisión fácil. Con las elecciones reñidas el próximo año, la Presidenta de Brasil, Dilma Rouseff, prefirió no...
In the end, it was an easy choice. With a tight election race looming next year, Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff preferred not to risk being...
As was expected, BRICS leaders have agreed on the creation of a $100 billion pool of currency reserves, taking an important step in the...
The past weeks have been unusually turbulent for foreign policy makers and analysts in Brazil. Not only did Dilma substitute Brazil’s...
After years of stellar growth, the BRICS have plunged into economic turmoil. Not a single week passes without more bad news from emerging...
Since the 4th BRICS Summit in Delhi in March 2012, things seem to have largely gone downhill for the BRICS members. Brazil’s economy has...
On February 21st 2012, a discussion organized by the Permanent Mission of Brazil on the concept of ‘Responsibility while Protecting’ (RwP) was held...
The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China. By David J. Silbey. Hill and Wang; 304 pages; R$20.16 (Kindle edition, Amazon.com.br) The...
Oliver Stuenkel é professor adjunto de Relações Internacionais da Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) em São Paulo; membro não residente do Global...
Two years ago, after the 5th IBSA Summit in South Africa, I argued that IBSA had turned into an important political platform, writing that...
The G4 David Bosco recently wrote an interesting post about UNSC reform, arguing that Russia and China are far more instrumental in blocking...
Präsidentin Rousseff will Brasilien reformieren. Jetzt hat das Land die Chance, eine echte Demokratie zu werden, sagt Schwellenlandexperte...
Review: Special Issue: Dreaming with the BRICS? The Washington Consensus and the New Political Economy of Development (Review of International...
In July 2009, Brazil’s Foreign Ministry announced the inauguration of an embassy in Pyongyang, making Brazil one of only 25 countries...