The Gripen Case: how technological dependence affects Brazil’s Defence
“It is very good to discuss agreements with a credible squad behind you”, this phrase, then credited to the Baron…
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Almost one year of conflict in Middle East: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah and the fear of escalation
Triggered by the October 7th attacks from Hamas against Israel, the conflict in Gaza completes one year amidst civilian massacre,…
The country that has learnt nothing from its history
It did not even take a hundred years for the far right to regain strength in Germany and for the…
Ecos of the Cold War: From the Warsaw Pact to the Russia-People’s Korea Alliance
THE CLASSICAL VIEW OF GEOPOLITICS At the end of the Second World War, career diplomat George Kennan helped shape the…
Bolsonaro and Maduro: Birds of a feather
At a time when political reflection is becoming empty, it is imperative to look beyond appearances and superficial rhetoric. Last…
The nuclear threat continues over Ukraine: what to make of it?
In February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. What many thought unlikely has happened and as is the case with many ongoing…
Empty words? How Putin takes advantage of Soviet memory as a rhetorical tool
In 2005, Vladimir Putin, starting his second term as president of the still-young Russian Federation, declared that the collapse of…
Italy : Giorgia Meloni, the tricolor flame and the Mediterranean
The first woman to become prime minister in Italy is right-wing. Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian Prime Minister and her ally…
The problematic silence over the dictatorship
After the recent coup attempt, the Lula government, elected to defend Brazilian democracy, prefers a cowardly silence. Today marks the…
The Itaipu renegotiation crisis
Promulgated in August 1973, the Treaty between the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Republic of Paraguay created Itaipu as a binational entity. Since 1984, when it began operating, Itaipu has been producing clean, renewable energy (the largest generator of this type of energy in the world). Currently, Brazil and Paraguay are facing a stalemate over the scheduled renegotiating of the Itaipu Treaty.