Quemando puentes y defendiendo la fe: la relación turbulenta entre Brasil y China en la era Bolsonaro

• Authors: Monika Sawicka
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper contends that major foreign policy shifts of the Bolsonaro government, which led to a redefinition of Brazil’s foreign policy narrative and international roles, triggered tensions in Sino-Brazilian relations. The main theme of Brazil’s recent troubled partnership with China is explored by scrutinizing ideational underpinnings of Brazil’s foreign policy. Therefore, emphasis is placed on the modifications of discursive self-articulation implemented by the country’s foreign policy elites with a particular focus on a new understanding of the West and Brazil’s western sense of belonging. A redefined self-conception, resulting in the embracement of the roles of a faithful ally of the United States and defender of the faith has not failed to impact Brazil’s cooperation with the challenger of the liberal world order, China. The analysis of Brazil’s recent external activism is anchored in role theory and builds on a constructivist approach to foreign policy analysis (FPA).

ES

Este trabajo sostiene que los cambios profundos de la política exterior del gobierno de Jair M. Bolsonaro llevaron a una redefinición de la narrativa de la política exterior de Brasil y de sus papeles internacionales, provocando tensiones en las relaciones sino-brasileñas. El tema principal de la asociación problemática de Brasil con China se explora mediante el análisis de los fundamentos conceptuales de la política exterior del Brasil. Por lo tanto, se pone énfasis en las modificaciones de la autoarticulación discursiva implementada por las elites de la política exterior del país con un enfoque particular en una nueva comprensión del Occidente y del sentido de pertenencia occidental de Brasil. La autoconcepción redefinida, que ha dado lugar a la adopción de los papeles del aliado fiel de los Estados Unidos y defensor de la fe, no ha dejado de repercutir en la cooperación entre Brasil y el desafiante del orden mundial liberal, China. El análisis del reciente activismo externo de Brasil está basado en la teoría de los papeles y asume un enfoque constructivista del análisis de la política exterior (FPA).

Keywords

EN

Brazil; China; roles; identity; the West; Bolsonaro government

ES

Brasil; China; papeles; identidad; el Occidente; gobierno Bolsonaro

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej
• Journal: Anuario Latinoamericano – Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 10

Dates

published

2020

online

2020-12-28

Contributors

author

Monika Sawicka

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Identifiers

DOI

10.17951/al.2020.10.121-146