Event Summary
Divergent views over Brazil's foreign policy direction have generated an important discussion within the country centering on whether Brazil should give priority to relations with its neighbors, or use its strengthened economy and technological prowess to project its national interests globally.
Event Information
When
Friday, September 28, 2007
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Where
Falk Auditorium
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
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Challenges to Brazil's approach to hemispheric integration from within the region - particularly in energy - have complicated the debate. At issue are distinct approaches to modernization, socio-economic issues, agricultural production and trade. Brazil's leadership on sugarcane-based ethanol and a proposed plan of cooperation with the U.S. on biofuels have given new impetus to the discussion.
On September 28, the Brookings Institution and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars hosted a conference with prominent Brazilian and American policymakers to debate these issues. After each panel discussion, participants took audience questions.
Participants
8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks
Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy
Michael Van Dusen
Vice President, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
8:40 - 9:00 a.m. Panel I: Projection of Brazil Global Interests
The Honorable Antonio Patriota
Brazilian Ambassador to the United States
9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Panel II: The Challenges of Modernization: the Domestic Debate on the future of Brazilian Foreign Policy
Eduardo Campos
Governor, State of Pernambuco
Mônica Herz
Instituto de Relações Internacionais, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro
Moderator: Paulo Sotero
Director, Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Riordan Roett
Director, Western Hemisphere Studies, SAIS
10:45 - 12:30 p.m. Panel III: Brazil's Changing Relations within South America
Amaury de Souza
Senior Partner, MCM Associated Consultants, Rio de Janeiro
Antonio Barros de Castro
Chief-Economist, National Bank for Economic and Social Development
Moderator: Peter Hakim
President, Inter-American Dialogue
Sergio Amaral
Former Brazilian Minister of Industry, Commerce & Development