The Middle East in the Lula Government's Foreign Policy (2003-2010)

When he took office in 2003, President Lula sought to strengthen diplomatic ties with the countries of the Middle East, a region which, in retrospect, had always been treated as a low priority for Brazilian diplomacy, despite the fact that it is an area of paramount importance for international stability. The Lula administration (2003-2010) strengthened ties with the Arab-Islamic world in an unprecedented way in Brazilian diplomatic history, projecting the image of a nation in search of new political partners, with the aim of changing the balance of power in the post-Cold War international scenario.

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Master in Political Science from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), journalist and translator. Areas of interest: Brazilian Foreign Policy, Middle East, Former Ottoman Empire, World War I, International Security, Terrorism and Insurgency, Russia and Former Yugoslavia.