Policiamento transnacional: uma revisão bibliográfica sobre a circulação de doutrinas de segurança dos Estados Unidos para o Brasil

Abstract

This paper analyzes how the International Relations literature interprets the circulation of U.S. security doctrines and practices to Brazil, with a focus on transnational policing. The research adopts a literature review and organizes the analyzed works into two thematic axes: counterinsurgency during the Cold War and the "war on drugs", as well as their domestic effects on policing in Brazil. It argues that, despite differences in approach and scale, the literature converges in understanding this process as political and asymmetrical, rather than as a purely technical transfer devoid of political implications, and that it is also marked by police assistance, inter-agency cooperation, and the domestic incorporation of security models. It concludes that the field has been gaining ground within International Relations, but still presents gaps regarding the active role of Brazilian governments, elites, and police bureaucracies in negotiating and internalizing these doctrines, as well as regarding their internal effects.