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In this article we will examine to what extent Portuguese economic diplomacy has worked having in mind the national interest and business interests. The analysis will focus on the cases of Galp and Unicer. We will start to enunciate the relevant aspects that connect economic diplomacy and business diplomacy; then we will review the evolution and characteristics of Portuguese economic diplomacy; and finally we will study the Galp and Unicer presence in the Angolan market. The main conclusions may allow a more rigorous definition of the Portuguese economic diplomacy model. Adapted from the source document.

This article aims to study how the writer and journalist Jose Valentim de (1857-1911) lived the tumultuous period that immediately followed the British Ultimatum of January 1890. We present his perspectives on the itself and on the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of August 1890, as well as on the governmental plans for African colonization, on Portuguese diplomacy, and on the reaction of the Portuguese peoples in the face of those events. The texts published by in Os Gatos and in Bordalo Pinheiro's Pontos nos ii were the primary sources used in the analysis. Adapted from the source document.

Assessment of the literature & discussion on the main issues of Lula's diplomacy (2003-2006), according to three main groups of authors: "authorized voices," "sympathetic allies" & "independent or critical analysts." For each one of the groups, this bibliographic essay identifies key subjects & preferred arguments of main authors. References. Adapted from the source document.

In the year that will see the end of Kofi Anna's mandate, this article seeks to give some perspective to the role of the UN Secretary General taking into account both the power structure of the Organization & international context rapidly changing. Firstly, the usual mechanisms of selection of the S-G are examined, & some thought is given to the different ways in which the issue has been addressed by the great powers, in particular by the U.S.A. The author also reviews the potential candidates being discussed in the corridors of world diplomacy & presents some hypotheses as to what can be expected from Kofi Annan's successor. Adapted from the source document.

The analysis of the relations Brazil-Asia shows the existence of certain efforts towards a relationship more consistent & wider among both, politically, economically & academically. However, the exchange rate among them is still way below the desirable. Therefore, the perspectives & the possibilities of growth of such relationship among Brazil & the Asian region are discussed, as a way of confirming the initiatives already existent. Adapted from the source document.

This article intends to show that the South America construction came from a concept reinvention. It is used in the speech and practice of Brazilian diplomacy and is based on elements related to hegemony, leadership, hispanic and latin-american identity. The text tracks the idea of South America since its intellectual origins until its institucionalization in regional political and diplomatic arrangements. Adapted from the source document.

The foreign policy options of Brazil are limited in view of the superior hard power of the established great powers. Brazil's soft balancing strategy involves institutional strategies such as the formation of limited diplomatic coalitions or ententes, such as BRIC, to constrain the power of the established great powers. The BRIC states have been amongst the most powerful drivers of incremental change in world diplomacy & they benefit most from the connected global power shifts. In a global order shaped by great powers through international institutions, those players who effectively operate within them as innovators, coalition builders & spokesmen while preserving great amounts of sovereignty & independence have the potential to substantially influence the outcomes of future global politics. Adapted from the source document.