This book explores the evolution of Brazilian foreign relations in the last fifteen years, with a focus on continuities and change. The volume tackles three sets of themes: diplomacy and diplomatic culture, international security and international development cooperation.

Chapter 1 Introduction – Brazil’s Humanitarian Engagement and International Status.- Chapter 2 ‘Who’s Afraid of an Emerging Power? On Brazil’s Frustrated Quest for Higher Standing and the Social Immobility of Emerging Powers’.- Chapter 3 Brazil’s Status Struggles: Why Nice Guys Finish Last.- Chapter 4 A Tragedy of Middle Power Politics: Traps in Brazil's Quest for Institutional Revisionism.- Chapter 5 Rise and fall of triumphalism in the international insertion of Brazil: the foreign policy of the Workers Party´s governments (2003-2016).- Chapter 6 Leaving the club without slamming the door: Brazil’s return to middle-power status.- Chapter 7 Climbing the ladder: Brazil and the international security field.- Chapter 8 Peace operations, intervention and Brazilian foreign policy: key issues and debates.- Chapter 9 Brazil’s evolving “balancing act” on the use of force in multilateral operations: from robust peacekeeping to “responsibility while protecting”.- Chapter 10 A brief momentin history or the beginning of a new trend? Brazil’s emerging humanitarian engagement in a broader context.- Chapter 11 Unpacking Brazilian South-South Co-operation: Policy Networks and Structuring Co-operation in Mozambique.- Chapter 12 Conclusion.

This book explores the evolution of Brazilian foreign relations in the last fifteen years, with a focus on continuities and change. The volume tackles three sets of themes: diplomacy and diplomatic culture, international security and international development cooperation. Central to these themes is how they all relate to Brazil’s international status, and its quest for higher standing. The authors draw on a wide variety of methodologies to grapple with the subject matter, from diplomatic history to international sociology and postcolonial studies. The result is a combination of different approaches that seek to account for the foreign relations of Brazil.Paulo Esteves is Associate Professor in the Institute of International Relations at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert is Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway, where she is Research Director of the Dimensions of Security Department.Benjamin de Carvalho is Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) in Oslo, Norway. 

Address how Brazil’s international ambitions can be understood in the light of shifting domestic contexts Explores Brazil’s investment in different types of foreign aid, from development aid to assistance in humanitarian emergencies Considers Brazil’s view and approach to foreign aid, humanitarian assistance and international peacekeeping operations