The election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States is an example of the rise of conservative nationalist-populist governments in the world. Such a scenario challenges the very principles of Brazilian Foreign Policy, but also allows for new opportunities concerning the countrie's expansion of influence for the next years.
Between April 29 and May 1, 2017, in Lima, Peru, GSUM researchers will participate in the Annual Conference of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), whose theme will be ‘Dialogues of Knowledge’.
From May 8th to 10th, 2017, the 2017 ECOSOC Integration Segment will be held at the United Nations’ headquarter in New York. The event will count with the presence of the General Supervisor of BRICS Policy Center, Prof. Paulo Esteves.
The Foundation Alexandre Gusmão (FUNAG) and the Department of Inter-Regional Mechanisms of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will organize the IV Round Table "Brazil, the BRICS and the international agenda"...
As part of its Undergraduate Program, the International Relations Institute of PUC-Rio (IRI/PUC-Rio) organizes seminars every semester. The topics are diverse and relevant to the International Relations academic field. For the 2017.1 semester, the seminar of the Program will have as its topic “O Desenvolvimento que Queremos: Bolsa Família e os Amores e Ódios no Brasil”.
The Center for BRICS Studies of Fudan University organizes the “1st BRICS Think-Tank Forum on Pragmatic Cooperation”. The theme of the forum will be “Globalization in the Time of Transition: Shared opportunities, challenges and responsabilities for BRICS” and it will be held on May 25th and 26th, 2017, at Fudan University’s campus in Shangai.
On May 26th, 2017, the IV UNDP Seminar about the 2030 Agenda, whose topic is “Partnership for Integration, Innovation and Inclusion”, will be held in Rio de Janeiro.
The Think 20 Summit will be held in Berlin, Germany, on May 29th and 30th, 2017 and has as its motto “Global Solutions”. The Summit will conclude the Think 20 Dialogue (T20), a forum of international think tanks associated to the G20 process.
On June 1st, 2017 the Socio-Environmental Platform of the BRICS Policy Center will promote the round-table “Rumo ao encontro do G2: compromissos brasileiros e perspectivas”.
The event will count with the participation of Ambassador Carlos Márcio Cozendey, the Brazilian "sherpa" in G20 and is aiming to promote the debate between scholars, policy-makers and members of the civil society about Brazilian requests, challenges and expectations, concerning the upcoming summit, that will be held in July in Germany.
We kindly ask you to R.S.V.P to: plataformasocioambiental@bricspolicycenter.org
Limited seats.
The event will be held at BRICS Policy Center's library, from 4 p.m to 7 p.m
Rua Dona Mariana, 63 - Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro.
The event will be held in Portuguese and there will be no simultaneous translation.
On June 5th, 2017, the BRICS Policy Center will hold the colloquium “Kashmir situation and Indo-China relation”, with the visitor Showkat Shafi (Al Jazeera) and Sérgio Veloso as discussant.
