With this article, we propose to reformulate the Regional Security Complex Theory, by Buzan and Waever, through a South American vision, with the time frame 2008-2016. To this end, we will analyse South America through ...

In the world system, Brazil plays the hybrid role of semiperiphery, alternating between regional leadership and subordination. In South America, the country is one of the main protagonists of the integration initiatives, ...

This paper analyzes the dynamics of the Brazilian political position to South America and the South American integration process since 1993. Through this scope, our research wants to answer the following questions: Which ...

This paper analyzes the dynamics of the Brazilian political position to South America and the South American integration process since 1993. Through this scope, our research wants to answer the following questions: Which ...

This paper analyzes the dynamics of the Brazilian political position to South America and the South American integration process since 1993. Through this scope, our research wants to answer the following questions: Which ...

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Brazil became a crucial player as the principal advocate of South American integration. To Mercado Común del Sur (Mercosur) was added the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), ...

This article examines the strategic positioning of Brazil in South America and how South America relates to Brazil's rising status both globally and regionally. It does so from the perspective of international society known ...

UNASUR and its Defence Council (SADC) were created under a promising scenario of regional cooperation. Almost ten years later, a growing demand for regional cooperation arises, facing, however, low levels of political ...