A positive view of the recent diplomacy Former CIA officer on Iran: Brazil and Turkey are vital checks and balances Shouldn’t the world welcome the actions of two significant, responsible, democratic, and rational states to intervene and help check the foolishnesses of decades of US policy on Iran? By Graham E. Fuller posted May 24,Continue reading “Former CIA Officer on Brazil in Iran Negotiations”
Category Archives: Brazil
Brazilian Nuclear Diplomacy
Brazil, Turkey and Iran Not just any deal will do May 20th 2010 From The Economist print edition Have Brazil and Turkey helped solve a brewing nuclear crisis, or made it worse? TO IRAN’S irrepressible president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the deal was a triumph for the powers of the future over “the tyrant powers [who] belongContinue reading “Brazilian Nuclear Diplomacy”
Worry about Emerging Markets?
As an American and a Westerner, I was interested by this book review by a high ranking economist at HSBC (a bank with heavy emerging market exposure), who argues that the rise of emerging markets are a risk to the West; this is the opposite of Fareed Zakaria’s take in his previous book, The PostContinue reading “Worry about Emerging Markets?”
Will Brazilian economy be contaminated by the turbulent scene in Europe?
Brazilian equities are down 11% in 2010, but in the opinion of Regina Nunes, president of – Standard & Poor’s Brazil, the Brazilian economy has grounds to avoid being contaminated by the turbulent scene in Europe, affected by the current economic crisis in Greece. The only way the Brazilian economy could be contaminated would beContinue reading “Will Brazilian economy be contaminated by the turbulent scene in Europe?”
Brazil on the world stage
Below is a pro/ con debate about the role of president Lula in the Iran affair. source: http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/1484 …about Brazil’s president going to Iran (following Iran’s president traveling to Brazil in November). My opinion is that this increased diplomatic role is a natural result of the increasing economic position of Brazil. I think that thisContinue reading “Brazil on the world stage”