Interests, identity and brazilian peacekeeping policy

Resumo

Using the theory of competing logics (identity- and norm-based appropriateness and rationally calculated expected consequences) developed by March and Olsen, this paper examines Brazilian motivation for participation in peace operations and how they have changed in recent years. Following the presentation of its theoretical basis, the paper reviews highest-order Brazilian policy documents on foreign and security policy, which are presented with a view to illustrating their incapacity to serve as bases for consistent action in the area, inter alia, of peace operations. It proceeds by illustrating how these vague bases have been translated into past peacekeeping policy. It applies the theoretical approach to the tensions the country’s foreign policy has experienced as it has risen as an emerging power. Finally, there is brief discussion of the peacebuilding model the country has instituted in Haiti, which has outperformed the problems and weaknesses plaguing the political process. The paper closes by offering suggestions for the clarification of Brazilian objectives with regard to peace operations with an eye to the formulation of the country’s first Defence White Paper in 2011.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2011

Instituição

Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea)

Fonte

Repositório do Ipea

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Acesso aberto

Identificador

oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/6377

Licença

Licença Comum

Palavras-chave

Segurança PúblicaPolítica de DefesaOperações de pazSegurançaPolítica de defesa e segurançaConstrução da paz