THE COMMUNITY OF PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING COUNTRIES (CPLP) AND THE STRATEGY OF INTELLIGENCE POWER PROJECTION OF BRAZIL: AN ANALYSIS OF THE BRAZILIAN FOREIGN POLICY, 1995/2016

• Main Authors: Eurico de Lima Figueiredo, Alexandre Rocha Violante
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Marinha do Brasil, Escola de Guerra Naval 2019-04-01
• Series: Revista da Escola de Guerra Naval
• Subjects: brazilian foreign policy; defense policy; cplp; cooperation; dissuasion; smart power; strategic environment
• Online Access: https://revista.egn.mar.mil.br/index.php/revistadaegn/article/view/798/pdf_1

This article aims to analyze the importance of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) to Brazil from a strategic point of view. The analytical scheme proposes two aspects: cooperation and dissuasion. The latter was evaluated having as a parameter the means of actions derived from the institutional strengthening that security and defense require against the interests of the Brazilian state in its strategic environment. The time frame covered the period between 1995 and 2016, in the transition of foreign policies from the so-called “autonomy through participation” foreign policies, during Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s administration, to the “autonomy through diversification” policies, in Lula’s and Rousseff’s administrations. The analysis concluded that being the Brazilian military hard power still insufficient concerning the needs required from a regional leadership in the South Atlantic, Brazil’s strategy has led to the application of soft power in its version of smart power. The research had an empirical basis to query the historical documents and the support of the relevant literature.