A cooperação entre o Brasil e países africanos da Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa como arquitetura de apoio mútuo para a defesa e segurança marítima do Atlântico Sul

Abstract

The South Atlantic is part of the Brazilian Strategic Surroundings (EEB) and it is vital for Brazil to guarantee the defence and security of the maritime communications lines (LCM) of its interest in this ocean. There are countries with some ambition in this ocean. The theory of complex interdependence can be applied to the BSE, and the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) has a high level of interdependence. Some CPLP countries are located very close to bottlenecks of the LCM of Brazilian interest. Assuming the leadership of a pluralistic regionalism and through the Defence Component of the CPLP, Brazil can conduct strategic cooperation in favour of the defence and maritime security of the South Atlantic LCM. As an example of success, there is the Yaoundé Architecture for Maritime Security (YAMS) that can serve as a reference for the Portuguese-speaking architecture of maritime security