A harder edge: reframing Brazil's power relation with Africa

Brazil's rapprochement with Africa during the last decade has been mostly explained as an attempt to improve political dialogue, raise economic interactions, and provide technical cooperation assistance. This article, however, argues that such framework does not sufficiently account for the use...

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Main Author:	Pedro Seabra
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais 2014-01-01
Series:	Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional
Subjects:	África Brasil cooperação em defesa recursos materiais
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-73292014000100077&lng=en&tlng=en

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title	A harder edge: reframing Brazil's power relation with Africa
title_short	A harder edge: reframing Brazil's power relation with Africa
title_full	A harder edge: reframing Brazil's power relation with Africa
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description	Brazil's rapprochement with Africa during the last decade has been mostly explained as an attempt to improve political dialogue, raise economic interactions, and provide technical cooperation assistance. This article, however, argues that such framework does not sufficiently account for the use of Brazilian material resources in order to attain harder strategic goals towards the continent. By focusing on defense cooperation ties, it highlights an important niche in South-South relations that has also grown exponentially, with important consequences on how Brazil exerts power across the Atlantic.
topic	África Brasil cooperação em defesa recursos materiais
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A harder edge: reframing Brazil's power relation with Africa

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