Brazil Hosting of the 2024 G20: Promise and Impediments in a High-Stakes, High-Drama Summit

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  • Andrew F. Cooper F. Cooper

Keywords:

G20, summitry, Brazil, Lula da Silva, geopolitics, BRICS

Abstract

This article offers an appraisal of both the promise and impediments regarding Brazil's hosting of the 2024 G20, a high-stakes, high-drama event. President Lula da Silva–with capable bureaucratic support–possesses both strong elements of charisma and experience that play well to the space of performance and policy. Nevertheless, at both the state and societal level, complications obtrude. Building popular support for the G20 faces the constraints of political and societal divisions. Furthermore, notwithstanding hopes that Brazil (and Lula) will be able to promote an expansive policy agenda, expectations persist that a turn back to geopolitical considerations will dominate the summit.

Author Biography

Andrew F. Cooper F. Cooper

University Research Chair, Department of Political Science, and Professor at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. From 2003 to 2010, he was Associate Director and Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). His books include BRICS VSI (OUP 2016), and The Concertation Impulse in World Politics: Contestation over Fundamental Institutions and the Constrictions of Institutionalist International Relations (forthcoming, Oxford University Press).

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Published

2024-01-24

How to Cite

F. Cooper, A. F. C. (2024). Brazil Hosting of the 2024 G20: Promise and Impediments in a High-Stakes, High-Drama Summit. CEBRI-Revista: Brazilian Journal of International Affairs, (8), 45–61. Retrieved from https://cebri-revista.emnuvens.com.br/revista/article/view/167

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