Professor Oliver Stuenkel, coordinator of FGV’s School of Social Sciences (CPDOC) in Sao Paulo and MBAs in International Relations, was invited to the Brazilian Senate on June 5 to participate in the series of debates ‘Brazil and International Order: Building Bridges or Raising Barriers?’ held by the Committee on Foreign Relations and National Defense (CRE).

Stuenkel shared his ideas in the sixth panel of the event, titled ‘The Century of the dragon? China and the new globalization’. The professor addressed the economic and political advances of the Asian country worldwide, focusing on subjects such as the situation of the South China Sea and Taiwan issues, as well as the higher trade affinity between China and Brazil.

“The forum is extremely important considering our current situation, marked by Brazil’s growing difficulties in its relations with traditional western partners, notably the U.S. and the European Union, on the one hand, and the opening of the Chinese market, on the other, which reached a growth rate of 6.7% in 2016,” said the professor.

Within this context, the Senate Committee’s goal is to promote joint articulations, mainly among the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa).