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Multi-Alignment Pays, but Washington and Beijing Set the Price
One Week, Three Prices
On 17 September the US State Department notified Congress of a $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35s to Saudi Arabia. It...
Xi’s Soybean Promise to Trump Is Brazil’s Quiet Election Issue
Two Sets of Numbers, One Week
On 22 September, two polls put Brazil's presidential runoff within the margin of error. Quaest had Senator Flávio Bolsonaro...
Beyond Mining: Can Brazil’s New Critical Minerals Law Build a Domestic Industry
On 16 September 2026, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed Law No. 15,506, creating Brazil’s National Policy on Critical and Strategic Minerals and...
When AI Chatbot Becomes a Political Actor
In Brazil’s 2026 election, a voter may ask a chatbot which candidate best matches her priorities. Under Resolution No. 23.755/2026, which amended Brazil’s standing electoral-propaganda...
Washington’s Brazil Problem: The New Geopolitics of Self-DefeatÂ
Central Claim
The United States has spent eighteen months applying economic, judicial, and now electoral pressure on Latin America's largest democracy, and at each step...
US Imposes 25% Tariffs on Most Brazil Imports as Trade Tensions Escalate
The United States will impose a 25% tariff on most imports from Brazil beginning July 22, marking the first major action under the Trump...
Loose Bricks? The Question of BRICS
The spokesperson for India's External Affairs Ministry, Randhir Jaiswal, said in March that "India is actively engaging with member countries of BRICS to arrive...
Trump Proposes 25% Tariff on Brazil Over Trade Disputes
The Trump administration has proposed a new 25 percent tariff on a wide range of imports from Brazil, escalating trade tensions between the two...
How a Jim Caviezel Film Became Entangled in a Brazilian Political Scandal
American actor Jim Caviezel's upcoming movie "Dark Horse," a biopic about former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, is described as a thriller detailing Bolsonaro’s fight...
Hips Don’t Lie, and Neither Do the Numbers: Shakira Draws 2 Million Fans in Rio
On Saturday, around 2 million people attended a free concert by Shakira at Copacabana Beach, which was noted as the largest event in the...