This paper analyzes the opportunities for greater participation of Brazilian police officers in United Nations peace operations, offering recommendations for facilitating such contributions and maximizing their impact with a view to Brazil's international profile. Following a presentation of the...

The paper aims to analyze the relations between the disputes over maritime territories in East Asia, the unfavorable maritime situation of China, and the Chinese military build-up from the early 1990s onwards. From the data collected, it indicates the aspects that make China a country with an...

This study aims to deepen the debate on Brazil's insertion in the international investment regime by conducting a comparative analysis between Brazil's Agreement on Cooperation and Facilitation of Investments (ACFI) and the bilateral investment treaties of the other BRICS countries with African...

This discussion work identifies which are the agreements previously concluded by the member countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)....

Our research aims to analyze Brazil's role in the international investment regime and to assess the effects of the Agreement on Cooperation and Investments Facilitation (ACIF) on Brazilian investments in Angola and Mozambique. In this second Discussion Paper, we discuss the relations between...

The research evaluates Brazilian alignment to the OECD normative on the environment and climate change. It has three parts. The first describes the trajectory of the accession criteria, indicating how environment and climate change have come to influence the like-mindedness criterion. Given...