Over the course of just this year, U.S.-Brazil relations have experienced many twists and turns. But Washington officials increasingly recognize that Brazil is a potentially important partner in the effort to defend and adapt key components of an evolving international order.
Bruce Jones, Sophia Hart, and Diana Paz García provide a much-needed update on the state of relations between the two countries. They write that if Brazil wants to advance its global ambitions, it has to update its understanding of the geopolitical dynamic it finds itself in. Similarly, if Washington wants a closer relationship with Brazil, it will have to eschew any aspiration for pulling Brazil into an anti-China coalition and recognize that an autonomous Brazil—one that makes meaningful contributions to regional security, climate change, and global food security—can help advance a more stable world.
