As Visões divergentes sobre a cooperação na área de segurança: uma análise da construção da parceria estratégica entre Brasil e União Europeia (2003-2010)

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the possibilities of cooperation in the security field derived from the strategic partnership signed between Brazil and the European Union in 2007. To this end, a general overview of the paradigms of Brazilian foreign policy, focusing on the Lula government (2003- 2010). To complement the analysis, we seek to understand Brazil‟s importance for the Union through the lens of strategic partnerships, which can be characterized as tools of bilateral action of the European bloc. It‟s possible to identify areas of potential cooperation that have been contemplated by the partnership, such as trade, education and the environment. Finally, the security case is approached to exemplify one of the areas of the Br-EU strategic partnership in which it was not possible to verify convergences, despite the presence of the security discourse in official documents related to the partnership. With the theoretical framework of securitization, it analyzes the divergence in the security agendas of the actors involved, as well as the question of Regional Security Complexes, conditioning the different interests of Brazil and the EU.