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This MSc dissertation provides an extended discussion of the concept of hegemony using Destradi's "forms of hegemonic strategy". This theory is then utilised as a guiding framework for the analysis of Brazil's foreign policy. I expose the three main changes in the country‟s foreign policy (foreign economic policy, presidentialization and the articulation of a South American region) and then tie them to specific cases that illustrate the regional hegemonic strategies pursued by Brazilian diplomacy.

I conclude by arguing that the main changes in Brazilian foreign policy over the last two decades have been a consequence of the country‟s adoption of a regional consensual hegemonic strategy. This was adopted to build a region-wide collective action designed to advance its national priorities.

Albert Buyé Grau is an MSc graduate in International and European Politics from the University of Edinburgh.

March 29, 2012

Tornike Metreveli, Georgian Youth Atlantic Treaty Association (YATA); The University of Edinburgh; LSE; Ilia State University., Gold Contributor (90)

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Brilliant thesis Albert! Congratulations!

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