Foreign Policy Dimensions of Argentina and Brazill: Emerging Middle Powers Marching to their Own Drum.

• Main Author: Lovvorn,T J
• Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1983
• Subjects: Economics and Cost Analysis; Government and Political Science; *Foreign policy; *International relations; *Argentina; *Brazil; Latin America; United States; Antarctic regions; Cooperation; Developing nations; Arms control; International trade; Treaties; Economic analysis; Industrial production; Theses; OAS(Organization Of America); LAFTA(Latin America Free Trade Association); Beagle Island; LOS(Law of the Sea); NIEO(New International Economic Order); Military Sales; Folklands War; Antarctic; Argentina; Argentine; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA141075; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA141075

This paper focuses on and compare dimensions of Argentine and Brazilian foreign policy in the international system, coupled with changes in their domestic and regional politics. Both countries have adoped independent foreign policy strategies aimed toward regional and global interdependence. Their pursuit of independent action has tended to ignore United States influence unless it coincided with perceptions of their national interests. These strategies have resulted in marked diversification of contacts with other nations, both developing and developed. Additionally, these traditional rivals acknowledge the benefits to be gained politically and economically by cooperating. In final, assessment of their bids for independence and self-sufficiency have only highlighted Argentine and Brazilian interdependence on the Latin American region and the international system. (Author)