Brazilian Studies Programme/Latin American Centre
Centre for International Studies/Department of Politics and International Relations
University of Oxford
Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil
Centro de Estudos sobre Relações Internacionais
Fundação Getulio Vargas
Rethinking Brazil in the Global Order
Coordinators
Professor Leslie Bethell, Professor Andrew Hurrell and Dr Matias Spektor
Workshop II
Brazil as a Global Power: Ideas, Interests and Institutions
To be held in the Senior Common Room, Nuffield College
Friday 16th October 2009
9h - 9h30 | Registration
9h30 - 11h | Session I: Changing ideas about Brazil’s role in the world
Chair: Professor Leslie Bethell (Oxford and FGV)
Dr João Maia (FGV), ‘The intellectual roots of Brazil’s national project’.
Professor Andrew Hurrell (Oxford) and Dr Matias Spektor (FGV), ‘On Projects and Foreign Policy. Brazil in the world since 1990: New ideas? New projects?’
11h - 11h30 | Coffe
11h30 - 13h | Session II: The changing institutional context in Brasilia
This session will take the form of a roundtable to discuss the impact of institutional change in Brasilia on foreign policy-making, especially in terms of changes in the role and relative position of Itamaraty.
Chair: Professor Leslie Bethell
Participants:
Professor Maria Regina Soares de Lima (IUPERJ): Itamaraty and Planalto
Dr Leany Lemos (Senado Federal, Oxford and Princeton), Congress
Dr Celso Castro (FGV), The defence ministry and the military
Professor Carlos Pio (UnB), The finance and economic ministries
13h - 14h | Lunch
14h - 16h | Session III: Changing Interests, (i) economic
Chair: Dr Matias Spektor
Dr Daniela Campello (Princeton), ‘Financial globalization, policy space and implications for foreign and foreign economic policy´.
Dr Ricardo Sennes (Prospectiva & PUC-SP), ‘How far has foreign trade policy reflected Brazil’s changing competitive global insertion and/or interest-group pressure?’
16h - 16h30 | Tea
16h30 - 18h | Session IV: Changing Interests (ii) environment
Chair: Professor Andrew Hurrell
Professor Eduardo Viola, University of Brasilia, ‘Brazilian interests and global climate change’.
Please note: The Governor of the Brazilian Central Bank, Dr Henrique Meirelles will be giving the 2009 Annual Global Economic Governance Lecture at 5pm on Wednesday 4th November in the Examination Schools.
