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Brazilian Global South Diplomacy and Great Power Identity Formation in Geopolitical Conflict

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DOI: 10.23977/jsoce.2025.070406 | Downloads: 0 | Views: 67

Author(s)

Ziyu Ding 1, Zhexing Kuang 1

Affiliation(s)

1 City University of Macau, Macau, 999078, China

Corresponding Author

Ziyu Ding

ABSTRACT

The importance of the global South continues to gain prominence in a changing geopolitical landscape. As an important member of the Global South, Brazil's diplomatic strategy and great power identity shaping have become the focus of research. The purpose of this paper is to explore Brazil's global South foreign policy strategy and great power identity shaping in the midst of geopolitical challenges. Brazil's post-Cold War foreign policy in the Global South has gone through five phases. Given its deep knowledge of the international power structure and precise positioning of its own interests and economic and geopolitical considerations, Brazil has shaped its great power identity through active participation in regional integration, multilateral diplomacy, and positive neutrality strategies, which have manifested its influence in the Global South and not only strengthened its economic ties with the countries of the South, but also advanced the global South agenda. However, while advancing cooperation in the global South, Brazil has faced internal and external challenges, including internal economic volatility, political polarization, and the pressures of external great power competition. The article focuses on analyzing the effectiveness of Brazil's global South diplomacy, particularly its role as the G20 Presidency in 2024, and explores its opportunities and challenges in global South cooperation. Through Brazil's strategic choices and great power identity shaping in global South diplomacy, it explores its strategy, the reasons behind it, how effective it has been, and how it can deepen its great power identity by strengthening its multidisciplinary cooperation with the global South, laying the groundwork for realizing the dream of being a great power in a globally responsible and multi polar world.

KEYWORDS

Geopolitics; Global South; Brazilian Diplomacy; Great Power Identity

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Ziyu Ding, Zhexing Kuang, Brazilian Global South Diplomacy and Great Power Identity Formation in Geopolitical Conflict. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2025) Vol. 7: 47-59. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2025.070406.

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