Brazil and the United States
defense cooperation and the quest for autonomy (2003-2010)
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https://doi.org/10.21530/ci.v16n1.2021.1091Abstract
This article aims to analyze Brazil-US relations in the period between 2003 and 2010, focusing on defense and security issues. I ask how the Brazilian strategies and the quest for autonomy vis-à-vis the United States were put in place. The article is divided into three sections, in addition to the introduction and final remarks. In the first, I focus on the US foreign policy to Latin America, in the second, on Brazilian foreign policy, and, in the third, I analyze bilateral relations through the discussion of three themes: the construction of the South American Defense Council (SADC), the signing of the Defense Cooperation
Agreement (DCA), and arms transfers. I conclude that the bilateral relationship was permeated by weak clientelism, in which Brazil imposed limits on the partnership with the United States, without dismantling it.
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