O regime global da propriedade intelectual e a questão do desenvolvimento: o poder dos países em desenvolvimento no campo multilateral

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

A cooperação multilateral entre os países amazônicos: a atuação da Organização do Tratado de Cooperação Amazônica (OTCA)

O livro trata de um tema pouco discutido pelos especialistas brasileiros em relações internacionais, o processo de cooperação (e os eventuais conflitos) entre os países da região amazônica - Brasil, Bolívia, Peru, Equador, Colômbia, Venezuela, Guiana e Suriname - nos aspectos político, institucional e ambiental. De acordo com o autor, o esforço de cooperação, que começou ainda em 1978 - quando havia na América Latina uma presença marcante de governos militares - vem evoluindo aos poucos, tanto do ponto de vista prático quanto do conceitual, mas com alguns retrocessos e certa indecisão programática. Para ele, desde a assinatura em 1978 do Tratado de Cooperação Amazônica (TCA), esta trajetória compreenderia cinco fases distintas: o período até 1989 teria sido marcado pela ênfase defensivo-protecionista; de 1989 a 1994 houve nítidas tentativas de fortalecimento político; e de 1995 a 2002 teria sido verificado grande amadurecimento institucional. Um visível deslanche aconteceria a partir de 2002, com a criação da Organização do Tratado de Cooperação Amazônica (OTCA) e pela intensificação dos contatos entre os países amazônicos. A partir de 2009, começa a fase seguinte, com o relançamento da OTCA, desta vez pautada nas diretrizes da Agenda Estratégica de Cooperação Amazônica, com a qual tenta-se engajar os países da região na maior quantidade possível de objetivos comuns

Historiografia da inserção do Brasil no regime internacional de acumulação nas eras FHC e Lula: do regional ao multilateral

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Effectively Engaging with a Dragon: Examining the Nature and Impact of the Most Recent Decade of Sino-African Multilateral Relations

The goal of my research is to examine in detail the impact of the increase in Sino-African trade on African political and economic development. The primary focus will be on two central aspects of Sino-African trade: the effects of China’s natural resource binge coupled with the flood of textiles and other manufactured goods from China to Africa. This thesis will determine the precise nature and extent ofSino-African trade in these sectors and will attempt to determine whether or not Chinese trade is having a net positive impact on long-term African economic development. I will investigate this issue from numerous perspectives using English, Chinese, and African sources.

Clustering Assessment: Enhancing Synergies among Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Against the background of a widely fragmented and diluted international environmental governance architecture, different reform options are currently being discussed. This issue brief considers whether streamlining international environmental regimes by grouping or ‘clustering’ international agreements could improve effectiveness and efficiency. It outlines the general idea of the clustering approach, draws lessons from the chemicals and waste cluster and examines the implications and potentials of clustering multilateral environmental agreements.

Lessons from the Multilateral Trading System for Reforming the Architecture of the International Environmental Regime

Recent studies on environmental regimes suggest that important lessons and policy recommendations may be drawn from the functioning of the multilateral trading regime. This brief compares the needs and goals of the trade and environment regimes, and discusses how insights from over sixty years of experience of the multilateral trading system might provide ideas for redesigning the architecture of the international environmental regime. It further calls for a better dialogue and improved complementarities between the two fields in order to enhance coherence within international law.

The Democratizing Effects of Multilateral Organizations: A Cautionary Note on the WTO

The field of international relations has been obsessed with democracy and democratization and its effects on international cooperation for a long time. More recently, research has turned its focus on how international organizations enhance democracy. This article contributes to this debate and applies a prominent liberal framework to study the ‘outside-in’ effects of the World Trade Organization. The article offers a critical reading of democratization through IO membership. It provides for an assessment of the dominant framework put forward by Keohane et al. (2009). In doing so, it develops a set of empirical strategies to test conjectured causal mechanisms with respect to the WTO, and illustrates the potential application by drawing on selected empirical evidence from trade politics. Finally, it proposes a number of analytical revisions to the liberal framework and outlines avenues for future research.