This piece studies change in Brazil's readings of its regional environment since the 1990s. It begins by characterizing Brazil's latest pattern of regional activism, with an emphasis to the obstacles and ambiguities that inhere. It then presents the range of new strategic concepts that have informed Brazilian behavior in South America. The conclusion highlights the silences that recur.
foreign policy; South America; Fernando Henrique Cardoso; Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva