A cooperação internacional para o desenvolvimento como instrumento de política externa: o caso da liderança brasileira no biênio 2016-2018

Abstract

Cooperation is a foreign policy tool and was widely used by Brazilian foreign policy (PEB) so that it could achieve legitimacy and credibility in the international scenario. The traditional north-south cooperation, in which Brazil was the only recipient of cooperation, was no longer able to meet the needs of Brazil at the time of its development. The PEB was built with the idea of promoting solidarity between the countries of the South and, at the same time, increasing Brazil's ability to influence global affairs, based on a diversification of its external relations, both political and economic. In addition, one of the objectives of the PEB was to increase Brazil's projection on the international scene, Brazil wanted recognition and to be seen as a solidary country capable of offering cooperation. Relations with Africa, which were largely developed in previous governments in terms of approximation and creation of cultural ties, would only be directed towards commercial relations. By expanding relations with the countries of the global south, Brazil would also increase its projection on the international scene and would come to be seen as a solidary country and, even if in development, it had great potential as a country that could offer cooperation. The question of this work is to analyze whether the presidency of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), on the part of Brazil, represented an opportunity to improve the cooperation strategy for development from 2016 to 2018. To understand the role of Africa in Brazilian foreign policy agenda, when it was important and what Brazil's gains from this relationship. Brazil did not present continuity in relations with African countries due to the new direction of Temer's foreign policy and the inertia of the Dilma government in relation to Africa. The research consists of a qualitative research with information on the topic collected in books, articles and theses, speeches, official documents, among others. The research will carry out a bibliographic review in which classic authors of international relations and other authors in the disciplines of International Cooperation and International Politics will be studied.