Chris Cote is the energy and economics research associate at BrazilWorks. He previously worked as a researcher with the Office of the Secretary of Defense and on the energy,…
Politics
O Setor energético e as Relações Brasil- Estados Unidos
Qual é a situação da cooperação energética entre esses dois países e quais oportunidades existem para o aprofundamento de tal cooperação, no futuro, por meio do diálogo estratégico? Se a energia é, agora, central para as relações Brasil-Estados Unidos, como…
U.S.-Brazil Trade and Investment Relationship: Opportunities and Challenges
On June 12, 2013 the U.S. House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Committee (the subcommittee on Trade) held a hearing on the “U.S.-Brazil Trade and Investment Relationship: Opportunities and Challenges.” The hearing featured testimony from a variety of voices in…
VP Biden off to Brazil in Late May
Frustrated by congressional paralysis, the Obama administration is quickly deepening its foreign policy activism to make the second term much more internationalist. In late May, Vice-President Joe Biden will travel to Latin American and the Caribbean and stop in Brazil…
Brazil and Transatlantic Relations
Earlier this month, Mark S. Langevin, Ph.D., Director of BrazilWorks published “Brazil, Energy and the Atlantic Basin Opportunity” in the pages of Altantic-Community.org, an open think tank. The piece was part of a larger effort to develop a series of…
Brazil and the BRICS
“BRICS AND AFRICA: PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION,” was the theme of the fifth BRICS summit, held in Durban, South Africa on March 26-27 2013. According to Presidency of Brazil, “With the Fifth Summit, BRICS completes its first cycle: each…
Brazil, Energy, and the Atlantic Basin Opportunity
Brazil, Energy, and the Atlantic Basin Opportunity by Mark S. Langevin Altantic-Community.org April 3, 2013 In its pursuit of energy security, Brazil struck a hydrocarbon bonanza with the offshore, ultra deep-water “pre-salt” reserves. The pre-salt discoveries promise to more than…
Brazil and the Global Battle to Eliminate Extreme Poverty
By Rogerio Studart and published in The Globalist. Studart and The Globalist remind their readers that while Europe and the United States seem eager to induce recession and subject millions of citizens to enduring poverty, Brazil has broken through to…
Dilma, Brazil’s First Post-Modern President?
President Dilma is a trained economist with both feet placed firmly on Brazil’s structural foundation and the cause of economic growth. She, more than anyone else, is probably the most frustrated with the slow pace of growth since 2010 in…
Brazil in Africa
Christina Stolte and Chatham House recently published a briefing on Brazil in Africa, Brazil in Africa: Just Another BRICS Country Seeking Resources? The November 2012 briefing explores Brazil’s rapidly growing engagement with African nation-states, in particular Angola, Mozambique, and South…