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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Venezuela
He is currently Full Professor at Universidade de São Paulo. He has graduation at Ciência Política from Universidad de los Andes (1988), master's at Science Politics from Universidade de São Paulo (1992) and doctorate at Science Politics from Universidade de São Paulo (1997). He has experience in Political Science, focusing on International, Bilateral and Multilateral Relations, acting on the following subjects: estados unidos, brasil, américa do sul, américa latina and estado. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The research project aims to map, describe, and analyze the forms of governance (de facto government) exercised by illegal armed groups (IAGs) involved in illicit economic activities in the border area of Cúcuta (Colombia) and San Antonio de Táchira (Venezuela). This region records one of the most intense flows of transnational illegal activities in Latin America (drug trafficking, smuggl…
479 / 5.000The Annual Plan for the Application of the Technical Reserve for Institutional Research Infrastructure aims to carry out structural improvements in order to provide a greater increase to the existing material conditions, seeking to readjust the spaces of the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences. In addition to the structural renovation of the spaces, the aim is to …
The concepts of conflict formation and peace formation are understood, in this work, as referring to different systems of regional security governance, configured from the practices and speeches instrumentalized by state and non-state actors that shape the dynamics of security in Latin America. This research maintains three fundamental objectives: First, to build an analysis of the proces…
In this research proposal we aim at a collaboration to deepen our understanding on the nuances in securitygovernance in South America. The framework the authors developed argues that one must look at the hybridsecurity governance system that emerges from the overlapping practices of security community and balance ofpower. Essential elements of security governance in the region cannot be r…
The notions of stable peace and conflict formation are understood, in this work, as referring to systems of regional security governance, whose practice and discourse have become instrumental to state and non-state actors in their mutually exclusive logics, defined as stable peace and conflict formation. This research has three fundamental aims: first, it seeks to construct a political ca…
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This project aims to analyse the evolution of the energy strategies of Russia and the European Union (EU) in response to the conflict in Ukraine, which began in 2022, with a focus on Russia's strategic repositioning in Eurasia. The conflict in Ukraine has acted as a catalyst, triggering significant changes in the international landscape and notably impacting the energy sector, altering gl…
The general objective of this research is to analyze the impact of the competition between Russia and the United States for the balance of power in the Middle East. We understand that the (re)emergence of the Russian Federation as an expressive pole of power occurred concomitantly with the deepening of its geopolitical competition with the USA throughout the 21st century. Such competition…
Over the last decades, an increasing number of defense cooperation initiatives have taken place in Latin America. However, contrary to what is discussed by the International Relations literature, these initiatives coexisted with crises and the militarization of interstate disputes in a dynamic called "hybrid security". This project intends to advance the understanding of these dynamics by…
The research integrates and continues the interdisciplinary project "Stable Peace, Conflict Formation and Resolution in Latin America: Representation of Regional Security Systems in a Political Atlas", coordinated by Professor Rafael Duarte Villa (USP - DCP / IRI), with the support of CNPq (Process No. 43151 / 2015-6) and FAPESP (Regular Project, No. 2017 / 25163-0). The research project …
The central objective of the research is to understand how France and Brazil, through their political and diplomatic relationship, have been building mechanisms of action and understanding in the international environment of 1985 to the present day. The foundation of the proposal recognizes that the end of the Soviet bloc has rendered the phrase "third world" anachronistic, and with that,…
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This research project aims to analyze the territorial progression and the involvement of various military forces in the Syrian War from 2011 to 2022, with a focus on the connections between global and local actors. The study seeks to map the dynamic interactions between global powers, such as the United States and Russia, and local Syrian groups, including the Syrian government, rebel fac…
In Central America, the transition processes that initiated the end of armed conflicts in recent years followed the Liberal Peace model (Richmond, 2007), which implies a complex process of stabilization and social reconstruction with international support. However, what some define as peace, others see it as oppression. In this region, peace is a concept in dispute, and the the rising lev…
My Post-Doctoral research (2017/10021-6) investigates the reputational concerns of rising powers such as Brazil and India in the (non) management of practical problems of humanitarian crises abroad and the sort of challenges they pose to the institutions of liberal global governance. Our ongoing study has shown that both Brazil and India aim to exercise a form of moral authority, a reputa…
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