Paradiplomacia e segurança: municípios da faixa de fronteira da Região Norte

Abstract

This article is devoted to study paradiplomacy as a contemporary international relations phenomenon and the possible implications it may have upon border cities located in Northern Brazil. The national State and its sovereignty are the elements that drive this study to a critical approach. The theme is analyzed through its constitutional and legal aspects, as well as through paradiplomacy practices and how it may affect border cities in Northern Brazil. The option to study this area is due to the fact that its cities belong to border area, to Amazon rain forest and is strategic by itself. Furthermore, some area features like isolation, criminality and human vulnerability are considered under the risks they may provide if the international insertion of this area occurs by paradiplomacy initiatives without proper strategic definition by central government, or, otherwise, what kind of benefits can be reached if paradiplomacy goes institutionalized and in legal form.