A conservative foreign policy for Brazil

Abstract

In this article, we put forward an interpretation of Jair Bolsonaro's foreign policy based on its attachment to a conservative authoritarian worldview. We look at how a conservative authoritarian movement and leadership interact with foreign policy in three different ways—by redefining the place of foreign policy in the wider social and political project of the government; by redesigning how the government prioritizes international relations with different countries; and, most importantly, by alienating the country's foreign policy from its longstanding support for multilateral institutions.