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About the author
Adriana Erthal Abdenur (PhD Princeton University, BA Harvard University) is a professor of International Relations at the Pontifical Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and General Coordinator of the BRICS Policy Center, a think tank devoted to international relations and development studies. Danilo Marcondes de Souza Neto is a PhD candidate at the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Cambridge where he is the holder of a CAPES-Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholarship. Prior to that he was a lecturer at the Institute of International Relations at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PUC-Rio) (2010-2012) and an Educational Adviser at the Fulbright Commission’s office in Rio de Janeiro (2010-2011).
Summary
The dynamics of the global system have changed substantially since the end of the Cold War. While the present wave of South-South cooperation is not without precedent, the Non-Aligned Movement, for instance, has generated new links among developing states and is underscored by a combination of economic, political, and security interests that have transformed the landscape of international cooperation and created new pressures on existing global governance institutions. Whilst there is much literature on China and India, there is surprisingly little on Brazil including its primary trans-regional dimension with Africa. This book fills this gap by analyzing how Brazilian interests in Africa have changed across the past decade, and arguing that Brazil has acquired not only new economic interests in the continent, but also a greater stake in normative debates about security and development in which Africa plays a central role. This book is written in a clear, engaging language, making it suitable for classroom use in graduate and advanced undergraduate university courses.
