O projeto e a atuação do Brasil como liderança regional

Abstract

During the period from 2003 to 2015 the South American region was the scene of several regional crises. In the same period the Brazilian government designed and developed a regional leadership strategy that had as a part the Brazilian initiative to create UNASUR. The first fully South American institution played an important role in mediating some conflicts and crises. With the objective of analyzing the effective Brazilian regional leadership, this work will analyze the country's performance in the mediations carried out by UNASUR. Following a path of understanding Macro to Micro, approaching the dimension of the Brazilian vision about South America and its role in the region evidenced in its main documents of defense (National Defense Policy, National Defense Strategy, National Defense White Paper ), the orientation of the Brazilian foreign policy (PEB) and the creation of UNASUR, culminating in the analysis of the Brazilian performance within the institution in the mediation of four conflicts: Bolivia (2008), Ecuador (2010), Paraguay (2012) and Venezuela (2014-2015).