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The article deals with Brazilian participation, as a non-member State, in the activities of the International Refugee Organization (IRO). The author examines first the historical, political & legal context of both the establishment & the mandate of the IRO. He then uses primary sources researched at the Historical Archive of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to analyze the internal decision-making, enforcement & outcomes of Brazilian foreign policy relating to the protection of refugees between 1946 & 1952. References. Adapted from the source document.

In almost four decades of diplomatic service (1941-1980), Jose Calvet de Magalhaes came to deal very closely with the Luso-American connection He was also the author of a significant number of books & essays covering this critical area of contemporary Portuguese foreign policy. Our essay has two main goals: the first is to examine his role in the negotiations that led to the conclusion of the "Azores agreement" of December 1971; secondly, we will try to assess if the quid pro quo negotiated between the Caetano government & the Nixon administration was a good bargain for Portugal in those circumstances. Adapted from the source document.

The Brazilian federal judiciary offers an interesting riddle to scholars of judicial politics and policy change. While the courts have played a major policy role over the past two decades, constraining and altering federal policy across a range of subjects, the court system has simultaneously been labeled "dysfunctional." This paper investigates this riddle: a system plagued by major systemic flaws in its day-to-day operations, which nonetheless still manages to exert a powerful influence on public policy in Brazil. The author adopts a new institutional perspective, focusing on how the institutional and normative structure within which judges and other legal actors operate affects policy outcomes. (Rev Econ Polit/GIGA)

This article discusses the problematic aspects of Portuguese foreign policy towards Angola. Its basic tenets are assessed through a discussion of key moments in bilateral relations since 1975, particularly the period of reconfiguration following the end of the Cold War (1990-95). The article concludes, firstly, that in the last decade & a half, a series of factors has resulted in an Angola policy that scarcely contributes towards the prestige & national interest of Portugal; & secondly, that pragmatic interest groups from Portugal sustain their successful presence in the Angolan economy through this very policy, & actively seek to perpetuate it. The author suggests that the bilateral rapport as it stands should be thoroughly redefined. Adapted from the source document.