In the past generation, Brazil has risen to become the seventh largest economy and fourth largest democracy in the world. Yet its rise challenges the conventional wisdom that capitalist democracies will necessarily converge to become faithful adherents of a US-led global liberal order. Indeed, Brazil demonstrates that middle powers, even those of a deeply democratic bent, may differ in their views of what democracy means on the global stage and how international relations should be conducted among sovereign nations. This volume explores Brazil's postures on specific aspects of foreign relations, including trade, foreign and environmental policy, humanitarian intervention, nuclear proliferation and South-South relations, among other topics. The authors argue from a variety of perspectives that, even as Brazil seeks greater integration and recognition, it also brings challenges to the status quo that are emblematic of the tensions accompanying the rise to prominence of a number of middlepowers in an increasingly multipolar world system.

Autorentext
Oliver Stuenkel is Associate Professor in the School of International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Brazil.
****Matthew M. Taylor is Associate Professor in the School of International Service at American University, USA.

Inhalt
Foreword; Eric Hershberg 1. Brazil on the Global Stage: Origins and Consequences of Brazil's Challenge to the Global Liberal Order; Oliver Stuenkel and Matthew M. Taylor 2. The Rhetoric and Reality of Brazil's Multilateralism; David Bosco and Oliver Stuenkel 3. The Brazilian Liberal Tradition and the Global Liberal Order; João M. E. Maia and Matthew M. Taylor 4. The Risks of Pragmatism: Brazil's Relations with the United States and the International Security Order; Ralph Espach 5. For Liberalism without Hegemony: Brazil and the Rule of Non-Intervention; Marcos Tourinho 6. Brazil's Ambivalent Challenge to Global Environmental Norms; Eve Z. Bratman 7. Brazil and the Global Nuclear Order; Togzhan Kassenova 8. Brazil's Place in the Global Economy; Arturo C. Porzecanski 9. Ever Wary of Liberalism: Brazilian Foreign Trade Policy from Bretton Woods to the G-20; André Villela Afterword: Emerging Powers and the Future of the American-Led Liberal International Order; James Goldgeier