Choosing Relevance: New Research Directions and the Future of Brazilian Foreign Policy

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This essay reviews the following works:Teerã, Ramalá e Doha: Memórias da política externa ativa e altiva. By Celso Amorim. São Paulo: Benvirá, 2015. Pp. 520. R$44.00 paperback. ISBN: 9788582401712.Brazil and Latin America: Between the Separation and Integration Paths. By Jose Briceño-Ruiz and Andrés Rivarola Puntigliano. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2017. Pp. 198. $36.99 paperback. ISBN: 9781498538473.Foreign Policy Responses to the Rise of Brazil: Balancing Power in Emerging States. Edited by Gian Luca Gardini and Maria Hermínia Tavares de Almeida. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. Pp. xiv + 239. $49.99e-book. ISBN: 9781137516695.Brazil as a Rising Power: Interventions Norms and the Contestation of Global Order. Edited by Kai Michael Kenkel and Philip Cunliffe. London: Routledge, 2016. Pp. 234. $57.95e-book. ISBN: 1138946788.Política externa na Nova República: Os primeiros 30 anos. By Dawisson Belém Lopes. Belo Horizonte: Editora UFMG, 2017. Pp. 284. R$47.00. ISBN: 9788542301915.Brazil on the Global Stage: Power, Ideas, and the Liberal International Order. Edited by Oliver Stuenkel and Matthew M. Taylor. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. Pp. xvii + 228. $84.99 e-book. ISBN: 9781137491657.