Carta Internacional

Fractured identities and ontological security

2025-02-07T08:35:59-03:00

The concept of “ontological security” has been explored in International Relations from
different perspectives. The aim of this article was to examine this literature based on the
contributions of María Lugones and Gloria Anzaldúa. Through reflections on the “fractured
locus” and “intimate terrorism,” the role of identity in the construction of the concept
and in the search for ontological security was questioned. It was argued that the idea of
“ontological (in)security” reproduces a colonial and patriarchal logic of fixed identities
and subject classification. The search for “security of being” makes the experiences of
“fractured” bodies invisible, legitimizing the criminalization and elimination of differences.

A Circulação Transnacional do Policiamento Comunitário

2024-11-04T10:27:50-03:00

Este artigo investiga a circulação transnacional de modelos de policiamento comunitário,
reconstruindo a genealogia do Programa Vizinhança Solidária em São Paulo. Com base
em abordagens genealógicas e de difusão de políticas, identifica como ideias, vocabulários
e práticas institucionais associadas ao policiamento comunitário atravessaram fronteiras
e emergiram no cenário de segurança de São Paulo. Com base em análise documental e
entrevistas, revela como as influências internacionais são frequentemente invisibilizadas por
alegações de autoria local. Conclui que, ao traçar os fluxos multidirecionais da circulação
de políticas, o programa pode ser compreendido como um ponto nodal em redes de
governança transnacional da segurança.

The Low Institutional Engagement of Brazilian Antarctic Diplomacy

2024-12-19T08:35:50-03:00

The study contrasts Brazilian Antarctic science and diplomacy, focusing on Itamaraty’s
Antarctic Treaty System involvement. The Institutional Engagement Model evaluates MRE’s
Antarctic organizational and normative attitudes. This model combines Allison and Zelikow’s
(1999) organizational process analysis with the institutionalization of ideas and values
through diplomatic agent selection, training, and advancement and the standardization of
applicable standard operating procedures and standards. Under this paradigm, Brazilian
Antarctic diplomacy is hampered by frequent turnover, insufficient specialization, limited
resources, and a utilitarian approach to science, according to the paper.

The International Monetary and Financial Order in the Post-2008 Crisis

2025-01-29T20:05:15-03:00

This paper revisits the discussion on order in the International
Monetary and Financial System (IMFS) by analyzing the strategies adopted by the United States and emerging countries in managing the Global Financial
Crisis. On the one hand, the activation of the Fed’s network of currency swaps indicates
crisis management by the hegemonic power. On the other hand, emerging economies
adopted defensive strategies, particularly capital controls. The aim is to show how certain
theoretical approaches in International Political Economy analyze the possible degrees of
accommodation between these strategies for containing the effects of the crisis.