This paper analyzes the proposals under discussion in the Brazilian Congress concerning the direct elections for Mercosur Parliament (Parlasur), originally planned to be held on 2014. The proposed rules are investigated in order to find out which changes may impact the profile of the new...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the prospects for multilateralism in contemporary international relations and its implications for Brazilian foreign policy. In particular, it suggests that the current trend towards selective multilateralism, expressed in groupings such as the G-20,...

This paper results from the project "Brazil's external agenda for Africa: evaluations and proposals", within which we analyze Brazil's performance in the international investment facilitation and protection regime, in order to take stock of the effects of the new Agreement of Cooperation and...

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...

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...

The general objective of this study is to analyze the perspectives and the general framework of Sino-brazilian economic relations. Initially, it was sought to understand the determinants and implications of China's internationalization trajectory and its geoeconomic projection, whose...

The present article analyzes the recent expansion of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The study is justified by the noticeable increase and diversification of economic relations between the region and China in recent years. The advance of the BRI in...

The article follows concepts from the field of International Political Economy (IPE). Its objective is to analyze the evolution of economic relations between China and countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), especially in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), or New Silk...

This paper analyzes the logic of expansion of multinational corporations and their determinants in order to understand the dynamics and the main features of global flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) from the eighties. This is an analytical review of historical and theoretical approach that...