Marcos Degaut

Marcos Degaut, 54, political scientist, is a Ph.D. in International Security, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Central Florida (USA), former Deputy Special Secretary for Strategic Affairs of the Office of the President of Brazil and former Secretary of Defense Products of the Ministry of Defense of Brazil.

Strategic Myopia or Deliberate Blindness?

The repeated and awkward statements by Brazil’s President, Lula da Silva, and his Advisor for International Affairs and de facto Secretary of State, Celso...

U.S. Departure From Pax Americana: Paving the Way to a New Chinese Golden Age Under the BRICS Banner?

  ABSTRACT               At a moment when President Donald Trump’s “America First” isolationist rhetoric threatens to result in a voluntary self-retreat from an international system which...

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BRICS+ cooperation in a complex economic and geopolitical environment: Opportunities and impediments

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