Contemporary Global Change Series 4: Brazil in a Changing World Order

We have launched a series which provides the insights of leading strategic thinkers on global change in our time.

The past 15 years have seen dramatic changes which are driving further change in the global system.

The series provides insights with regard to strategic change in the global system over the past 15 years from the standpoint of U.S. Administrations as well as the work of a number of well-known strategic analysts.

We have seen the rise of the multi-polar authoritarian world.

The challenge facing the liberal democracies is fundamental: how to preserve the “rules-based order” in this context and defend Western values.

The fourth book in our series was first published in March 2024.

Brazil in a Changing World Order is a collection of essays written between 2011 and 2024 about the political and economic climate of Brazil. The author, Kenneth Maxwell, discusses Brazil’s changing global role, its internal political and economic crises, its relationship with the United States, and its involvement in international organizations like BRICS. He also examines Brazil’s involvement in the international arms trade, its military involvement in Haiti, and its struggles with corruption.

The collection explores themes of historical precedent, as Maxwell compares Brazil’s trajectory to the American Revolution and other global events. Overall, the essays provide a nuanced and in-depth look at the complex realities of contemporary Brazil.

Among the major questions addressed in the book are these three:

What are the major economic and political challenges facing Brazil?

How has the legacy of the Brazilian military regime impacted modern Brazil?

What is the role of the United States and of China in shaping Brazil’s economic and political landscape?

Below there is a Deep Dive podcast on the book:

This podcast was generated by Google’s NotebookLM system.