Brazil's commitment to Antarctica: recent trajectory and future prospects in light of the inauguration of the new Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station

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The recent inauguration of the rebuilt Brazilian Antarctic Station Comandante Ferraz and the announcement of the acquisition of a new polar ship seem to indicate a renewed interest of Brazil in Antarctica. However, a more contextualized interpretation of those events demands an appraisal of the rece...

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Autor principal: Cardone, Ignacio Javier
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2021
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política antártica brasileña
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Estación Antártica Comandante Ferraz
Acceso en línea:https://cupea.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/108
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spelling I15-R226-article-1082021-06-18T03:31:02Z Brazil's commitment to Antarctica: recent trajectory and future prospects in light of the inauguration of the new Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station La apuesta brasileña en la Antártida: trayectoria reciente y perspectivas futuras a la luz de la inauguración de la nueva Estación Antártica Comandante Ferraz Cardone, Ignacio Javier política antártica brasileña PROANTAR Estación Antártica Comandante Ferraz The recent inauguration of the rebuilt Brazilian Antarctic Station Comandante Ferraz and the announcement of the acquisition of a new polar ship seem to indicate a renewed interest of Brazil in Antarctica. However, a more contextualized interpretation of those events demands an appraisal of the recent evolution of other factors. Following that aim, the present paper presents an analysis of the recent evolution of three factors of the Brazilian Antarctic programme: infrastructure and political and scientific institutional setting. The analysis concludes that a strong investment in physical infrastructure have strengthened the pre-existent profile of Brazil in Antarctica, but have not added new capacities. Regarding the political institutional setting, it continues to be relatively reduced in scale and poorly specialized. At last, the scientific research has experienced a relevant process of institutionalization, but without reaching stability in terms of funding and influence within the Brazilian Antarctic politics. Furthermore, the exclusion of humanities and social sciences presents a relevant limitation in a field that is acquiring international prominence. Therefore, Brazil have been successful in maintaining its Antarctic involvement at a relevant scale internationally, but it is not expected that would expand significantly in the near future. La inauguración de la nueva estación Antártica Comandante Ferraz y la intención de adquirir un nuevo navío de apoyo logístico parecen indicar un interés renovado de Brasil en su política antártica. Sin embargo, resulta necesario evaluar la trayectoria reciente y la evolución de otros factores para obtener una lectura más contextualizada. Para ello, el presente artículo analiza la evolución reciente del programa antártico brasileño en base a tres factores: infraestructura, estructura institucional y de investigación científica. Así, podemos observar que la fuerte inversión en infraestructura física ha fortaleciendo el perfil preexistente, pero sin incorporar nuevas capacidades. Asimismo, la estructura institucional del programa antártico brasileño continúa siendo relativamente reducida y poco especializada. En términos de las investigaciones científicas, Brasil ha experimentado un proceso de institucionalización relevante, pero aún no ha conseguido alcanzar un nivel de estabilidad, y la exclusión de las humanidades y ciencias sociales lo limita en un aspecto que va adquiriendo creciente importancia a nivel mundial. Lo anterior sugiere que Brasil ha sido exitoso en mantener sus operaciones antárticas en un nivel de importancia internacional, pero no se espera que experimente una expansión o incremento de peso significativo. Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2021-06-18 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares application/pdf https://cupea.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/108 10.35305/cc.vi133.108 CUPEA Cuadernos de Política Exterior Argentina; Núm. 133 (2021): Junio; 29-46 1852-7213 0326-7806 spa https://cupea.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/108/100 Derechos de autor 2021 CUPEA Cuadernos de Política Exterior Argentina https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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PROANTAR
Estación Antártica Comandante Ferraz
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PROANTAR
Estación Antártica Comandante Ferraz
Cardone, Ignacio Javier
Brazil's commitment to Antarctica: recent trajectory and future prospects in light of the inauguration of the new Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
topic_facet política antártica brasileña
PROANTAR
Estación Antártica Comandante Ferraz
author Cardone, Ignacio Javier
author_facet Cardone, Ignacio Javier
author_sort Cardone, Ignacio Javier
title Brazil's commitment to Antarctica: recent trajectory and future prospects in light of the inauguration of the new Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
title_short Brazil's commitment to Antarctica: recent trajectory and future prospects in light of the inauguration of the new Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
title_full Brazil's commitment to Antarctica: recent trajectory and future prospects in light of the inauguration of the new Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
title_fullStr Brazil's commitment to Antarctica: recent trajectory and future prospects in light of the inauguration of the new Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
title_full_unstemmed Brazil's commitment to Antarctica: recent trajectory and future prospects in light of the inauguration of the new Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
title_sort brazil's commitment to antarctica: recent trajectory and future prospects in light of the inauguration of the new comandante ferraz antarctic station
description The recent inauguration of the rebuilt Brazilian Antarctic Station Comandante Ferraz and the announcement of the acquisition of a new polar ship seem to indicate a renewed interest of Brazil in Antarctica. However, a more contextualized interpretation of those events demands an appraisal of the recent evolution of other factors. Following that aim, the present paper presents an analysis of the recent evolution of three factors of the Brazilian Antarctic programme: infrastructure and political and scientific institutional setting. The analysis concludes that a strong investment in physical infrastructure have strengthened the pre-existent profile of Brazil in Antarctica, but have not added new capacities. Regarding the political institutional setting, it continues to be relatively reduced in scale and poorly specialized. At last, the scientific research has experienced a relevant process of institutionalization, but without reaching stability in terms of funding and influence within the Brazilian Antarctic politics. Furthermore, the exclusion of humanities and social sciences presents a relevant limitation in a field that is acquiring international prominence. Therefore, Brazil have been successful in maintaining its Antarctic involvement at a relevant scale internationally, but it is not expected that would expand significantly in the near future.
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