International Relations

200 Years of International Relations in Brazil: Issues, Theories, and Methods

The Brazilian field of international relations (IR) has evolved over the course of two centuries. Since Brazil’s independence in 1822, international topics have deserved attention from local practitioners and scholars. The emergence of Brazilian …

‘Mind the Gap’: Assessing Differences between Brazilian and Mainstream IR Journals in Methodological Approaches

In this article, we assess the methodological approaches employed in articles published in Brazilian and global mainstream IR journals in order to observe the differences between the two. To this end, we compare the methodological tools applied in …

Opposite sides, same means: How did Venezuela use clientelistic practices to get international support to its anti-American foreign policy?

In this article, we introduce the concept of international clientelism and discuss how it was a tool used by Venezuela since Hugo Chávez took office to get political support from several Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries in international …