The ZPCAS AS THE MANIFESTATION OF A BRAZILIAN REGION-BUILDING PROJECT FOR THE SOUTH ATLANTIC

A CRITICAL REVIEW (1986-2013)

Authors

  • Douglas Novelli UFPR
  • Alexsandro Pereira Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21530/ci.v15n1.2020.976

Abstract

This article is inserted next to a set of studies about the building of regions, defined here as cognitive constructs linked to political projects, which are manifested through the discourse of the actors. It seeks to verify the hypothesis that the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone (ZOPACAS) was created and maintained as a Brazilian region-building project for the oceanic space in question. It is applied the qualitative content analysis method to 27 documents, divided between speeches of Brazilian representatives at the Ministerial Meetings of ZOPACAS and internal circulars of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dating from 1986 to 2013 and collected directly in the Historical Archive of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, between August 22 and 25, 2017. The data suggest that the ZOPACAS is indeed the manifestation of a Brazilian regional project for the South Atlantic, whose moment of greatest relevance occurred in its first decade, having been ostracized ever since. Although the resumption of the initiative in 2007 signaled a potential rebirth of the project, the data collected suggest that the common oceanic space remains of little relevance in the discourse of the Brazilian government, especially when compared to its golden age.

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Author Biographies

Douglas Novelli, UFPR

Doutorando em Ciência Política pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) e Mestre em Ciência Política pela mesma instituição. Membro do Núcleo de Pesquisa em Relações Internacionais (NEPRI-UFPR) desde 2016, seus atuais interesses de pesquisa incluem Análise de Política Externa, Soft Power, Democracia Comparada e Processos de Construção Regional.

Alexsandro Pereira , Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)

Doutor em Ciência Política pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Coordenador do Núcleo de Pesquisa em Relações Internacionais (NEPRI/UFPR) e Editor-Chefe da Revista Conjuntura Global. Pesquisador da área de Ciência Política, com ênfase em Teoria Política e Relações Internacionais, atuando nos seguintes temas: Teoria Política; Pensamento Político Brasileiro; Teoria das Relações Internacionais; Segurança Internacional.

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Published

2020-04-03

How to Cite

Novelli, D., & Pereira , A. . (2020). The ZPCAS AS THE MANIFESTATION OF A BRAZILIAN REGION-BUILDING PROJECT FOR THE SOUTH ATLANTIC: A CRITICAL REVIEW (1986-2013). Carta Internacional, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.21530/ci.v15n1.2020.976

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2020): Carta Internacional

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