Rendering peacekeeping instrumental? The Brazilian approach to United Nations peacekeeping during the Lula da Silva years (2003-2010)

The article analyses how Brazilian state actions and policies regarding peace operations during the Presidency of Lula da Silva relate to the country's positions and attitudes towards United Nations peacekeeping. It argues that the inconsistencies identified on the Brazilian positions reflect the lack of a clear strategic horizon guiding the country's participation in UN peacekeeping, which consequentially hinders the country emergence as a great power.

Never before seen in Brazil: Luis Inácio Lula da Silva's grand diplomacy

Critical assessment of Luis Inácio Lula da Silva's diplomacy, which departed from the previous patterns of the Brazilian Foreign Service, to align itself with the political conceptions of the Workers' Party. This diplomacy has neither consolidated the position of Brazil as a regional leader, nor attained its declared goal of inserting Brazil into the United Nations Security Council, although it has reinforced Brazil's image in the international scenarios; but this was achieved much more through the personal activism of the President himself, than through normal diplomatic work.

Brazil and the nuclear issues in the years of the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva government (2003-2010)

The present article is an analysis of Brazilian nuclear diplomacy and of the international relevance of the national nuclear program adopted during the two Presidential terms of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Particular attention will be given to the Brazilian position in the agreement on nuclear non-proliferation, to the role of mediation between Iran and the nuclear powers, and finally to the national ambitions concerning the industrial and military uses of the nuclear technologies.

A cooperação técnica do Brasil com a África: comparando os governos Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995-2002) e Lula da Silva (2003-2010)

É consensual entre os analistas da Política Externa Brasileira o reconhecimento da priorização do eixo Sul-Sul nas estratégias de inserção internacional do país durante o governo Lula da Silva, bem como o papel de destaque concedido ao continente africano. Com o intuito de dar lastro empírico às análises sobre a retomada e repriorização das relações entre Brasil e África, este trabalho pretende analisar comparativamente a cooperação técnica provida pelo Brasil para os países africanos durante os governos Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995-2002) e Lula da Silva (2003-2010). Procura-se identificar e comparar o número e os tipos de acordos firmados, a dispersão geográfica desses acordos e a diversidade temática dos projetos de cooperação técnica horizontal desenvolvidos pelo Brasil naquele continente. A fonte principal dos dados analisados, ainda pouco explorada pela literatura acadêmica brasileira, é o banco de dados do Departamento de Atos Internacionais do Ministério das Relações Exteriores.