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Brazil's Emergence on the World Stage

Brazil has been an independent state since 1822; but its emergence as a power with interests extending well beyond the Latin American sphere has been an event of the 197os. Three broad causes underlie its appearance on the world stage. Since the Second World War Brazil's economic growth has been the most rapid of any developing country. Long the fifth largest state in the world in area, Brazil is now as well the sixth in population and the tenth in economic output.1 Since 1964 this growth has both reflected and legitimized domestic political stability. That in turn has been due in the first instance to a series of authoritarian military governments, but it has also owed much to the linguistic and cultural homogeneity of the Brazilian population and to a long tradition of compromise and co-option among the country's political 6lite. Finally, Brazil has an able and fully professional foreign service. Functioning as the core of a small foreign relations community, this service, generally known as the Itamarati, has formulated and carried out a flexible and effective range of policies. The scope and depth of Brazil's external relations have been expanded, while open confrontations with other states have been relatively few. Throughout, the goal of achieving great power status an achieve-