The United States and Brazil: A Long Road of Unmet Expectations (CONTEMPORARY INTER-AMERICAN RELATIONS)

"The United States and Brazil" is a succinct overview of the history of US-Brazilian relations. The book will focus on the nations' relations over the past two decades. The book considers economic relations between the two countries, presenting pertinent statistical information and detailing key economic policy disputes between the two governments (as well as the ongoing negotiations regarding a free trade agreement for the Americas). It will also look at political issues such as military cooperation, nuclear energy, human rights and democracy, migration, the relative influence of both governments elsewhere in South America, relations in the context of multilateral organizations, drug trafficking, and terrorism. Finally, it considers the January 2003 transition from the Cardoso to the Lula presidency. The book concludes with an essay (by British scholar Andrew Hurrell) that situates U.S.-Brazilian relations in a broader analytical and comparative framework.