Bolsonaro, China and the Indo-Pacific: Challenges in Sight | Bolsonaro, China e o Indo-Pacífico: desafios à vista

TLDR: Palavras-chave et al. as discussed by the authors focus on the initial perspectives about Brazil's foreign policy and strategic thinking on how to cope with the rise of China's economic and political might since the inauguration of Jair Bolsonaro's administration.

Abstract: This essay aims to focus on the initial perspectives about Brazil’s foreign policy and strategic thinking on how to cope with the rise of China’s economic and political might since the inauguration of Jair Bolsonaro’s administration. Bolsonaro demonstrates an interest in approach to the United States’ grievances against China. This paper advocate this strategy faces some hurdles: geographical and economic issues constrain countries such as Australia, India, and Japan to assume assertive instances against China, although they present uneasiness with the Chinese regional ambitions and Washington’s demands of a more active role in the Indo-Pacific. These countries compose with the United States the so-called Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, an initiative that seeks to facilitate their policy coordination towards the Indo-Pacific. However, Canberra, Tokyo, and New Delhi uphold a pragmatic strategy in order to maintain their special ties with the United States and to avoid skirmishes with Beijing. Keywords: Brazilian Foreign Policy; China; Indo-Pacific. RESUMO Este ensaio pretende focar nas perspectivas iniciais sobre a politica externa e o pensamento estrategico do Brasil sobre como lidar com a ascensao do poder economico e politico da China desde a posse do governo de Jair Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro demonstra interesse em se aproximar das queixas dos Estados Unidos contra a China. Este artigo defende que essa estrategia enfrenta alguns obstaculos: questoes geograficas e economicas impedem que paises como a Australia, a India e o Japao assumam posicoes assertivas contra a China, embora apresentem desconforto com as ambicoes regionais chinesas e as exigencias de Washington de um papel mais ativo no Indo-Pacifico. Esses paises compoem, ao lado dos Estados Unidos, o chamado Dialogo Quadrilateral de Seguranca, uma iniciativa que busca facilitar sua coordenacao politica em direcao ao Indo-Pacifico. No entanto, Canberra, Toquio e Nova Deli mantem uma estrategia pragmatica para manter seus lacos especiais com os Estados Unidos e evitar confrontos com Pequim. Palavras-chave : Politica Externa Brasileira; China; Indo-Pacifico. Recebido em: 11 fev.2019 | Aceito em: 2 mai.2019 DOI: 0.12957/rmi.2019.40103