Dear colleagues,


Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP), The University of Tokyo, is pleased to invite you to the GraSPP Research Seminar. Please see below for further details.



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Title: "The Rise of Nationalism and the Future of Regional Integration in Latin America: The Case of Brazil (and a parallel with the United States)"

Speaker: Dr. Carolina Boniatti Pavese, Professor of International Relations, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC Minas, Brazil)

Moderator: ORSI Roberto, Project Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP), The University of Tokyo

Date: Tuesday, January 8th 2019

Time: 10:30−12:00

Venue: SMBC Hall, 4F, International Academic Research Building, The University of Tokyo

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Language: English

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Abstract: The surge of populism and nationalism in different countries calls into question the future of liberal international order. In the United States, the Trump's administration has adopted a selective approach to free trade agreements. Such measures include the US withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the putting on hold the negotiations of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), and the renegotiation of NAFTA, not to mention the current "trade war" with China. All together, these political choices suggest a growing skepticism with relation to regionalism and the established rules of free trade.


North America is not the only region to witness this trend. Further South, in Brazil, the election of Jair Bolsonaro consolidates a turn-around from left-wing governments, and a move to conservative, nationalist leadership. Due to start his first term as a President in January 2019, Mr. Bolsonaro has adopted a political discourse that combines key aspects of the new populism and nationalism, with old elements borrowed from military, which ruled Brazil during the dictatorship years (1964-1985). Brazil's newly elected president has promised to approach economic and trade relations in a similar fashion to his North-American counterpart, stating his intention to revisit bilateral relations with China as well as membership of key regional integration agreements. While still sheer political statements, these declarations are particularly threatening to regionalism in Latin America when considering that direct presidential interventions have historically played a crucial role in the development of every integration process in the region, not to mention that Brazil is the hegemonic regional power and, therefore, very relevant to these processes.

This scenario poses questions worth discussing: How does the emergence of populist nationalism in Brazil threaten regional integration in Latin America? What parallels can we draw from Trump's approach towards regionalism? And, more broadly, what can we speculate about the continued relevance of regionalism?

Speaker's biography:

Dr. Carolina Pavese is Professor in International Relations at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Brazil. Since 2015, she has been serving as the coordinator of the undergraduate program in International Relations at the same University. Her research interests are in the areas of regionalism, international organizations, climate change, human rights, and gender studies. Dr. Pavese holds a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics (LSE).

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