Cooperação naval com Moçambique: instrumento de projeção de poder do Brasil e porta de entrada para o Oceano Índico

Abstract

This monograph addresses the issue of cooperation as a means of projecting power and influence among the nations. Proposes a naval cooperation with Mozambique, as an instrument for fostering a strategic partnership and opportunity for power projection, as reflected in particular in the countries members of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLC). It analyzes the geostrategic dimension of maritime space around the south of Africa, including the Cape Route and the Mozambique Channel, and the relationship of that geographical space with the guidance contained in documents of high level of defense policy. It also comes on the latest perspective of foreign policy for Africa, which noted an approximation in the Brazilian position, going to adopt a more assertive global integration, driven by a soft and gentle posture, the Brazilian soft power, consistent with the our historical traditions of diplomacy. Finally, discusses the presence of the five expressions of the Brazilian National Power in Mozambique, highlighting the opportunity to further strengthen the insertion of military expression through the naval cooperation, which is reflected in the diplomatic relations between the two countries and the national defense industry.