The Antarctic Politics of Brazil

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. By Way of Introduction: Brazilian Geopolitical Thinking and Antarctica

   • Ignacio Javier Cardone

   Pages 1-25

3. Prelude to a Brazilian Antarctic Policy

   • Ignacio Javier Cardone

   Pages 27-75

4. When the Tropic Met the Pole

   • Ignacio Javier Cardone

   Pages 77-136

5. The Rise of the Newcomers

   • Ignacio Javier Cardone

   Pages 137-175

6. Science and Environment at the Central Stage

   • Ignacio Javier Cardone

   Pages 177-227

7. Conclusions

   • Ignacio Javier Cardone

   Pages 229-242

8. Back Matter

   Pages 243-259

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This book focuses on the connection between Brazil and Antarctica, two regions that can be seen as distant and contrasting, but are physically, culturally and politically associated. Relying on archival material and previous literature, the book offers a thorough account of Brazil’s involvement with one of the most significant regions in the global environment. The author explores the place of Antarctica in geopolitical works and in the first initiatives involving Brazil and the continent, from the rise of geopolitical thought in Brazil in the 1930s up to the present day. He argues that the connection between Brazil and Antarctica is not without its difficulties, but it has been structured in many enduring ways. The book covers causes for the delay and eventual adoption of a now active foreign policy regarding the region, the policy’s early performance in Antarctica, its evolution as a consequence of domestic and international changes, the increasing interest in the environment, and further recent developments.

• Latin American politics
• Brazil
• Antarctica
• geopolitics
• polar geography
• development policy
• regional development
• defence studies
• scientific policy
• climate change
• global environmental turn
• Brazil foreign policy

“Cardone’s timely and important book analyzes the history of Brazil’s engagement with Antarctica to the present. This is a story that will interest scholars of Antarctic history and politics, but also those interested in Brazil’s place within both Latin America and the world.” (Peder Roberts, Associate Professor of Modern History, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)

• University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

  Ignacio Javier Cardone

Ignacio Javier Cardone is a researcher at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He has published works on the Antarctic Treaty, the Brazilian Policy for Antarctica, and the Latin American involvement in the region, amongst others.