Uma visão oceanopolítica do Pré-sal

Abstract

This study evaluates politics of Oceanopolítica and its influence on all the expressions of National Power. It proposes strategic actions for Brazil from the analytical perspective derived from the Pre-salt explorations and how these actions can affect the country’s application of National Power. The methodology adopted for this study was bibliographical and documental research, focusing on the theories of Therezinha de Castro, Ilques Barbosa, Rodrigo More and Jose Martinez Bush. Throughout the analysis, the Pre-Sal area is profiled within the context of its relevance to Brazil’s national energy. To best describe the materialization of Brazil’s concept of Oceanopolítica, the study evaluates the Blue Amazon, as formulated by the Brazilian Navy (MB). In using legal-institutional and political-strategic viewpoints, the study highlights how the Pre-Sal can be viewed as a vulnerability and a potential asset in the field of international trade and as an energy resource. In addition, these same interactions are analyzed through all the expressions of National Power (political, economic, scientific-technological, psycho-social and military). Finally, the study prescribes actions for operationalizing a state policy employing the Pre-Sal interactions, which suggests the employment of this technology in the various sectors of national economy, while leveraging the maritime traditions of Brazil with the legal, institutional and political-strategic aspects of the Blue Amazon.