A Globalização e o futuro da Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa - CPLP: o potencial do bloco como estratégia de defesa para o Brasil

Abstract

In 2017, the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) will be complet-ing its twenty-first year of existence. Brazil, as a major protagonist of the block, mak-ing use of its political-diplomatic action and its sense of mutual cooperation, seeks to strengthen the relationship with the Member States of the Community, in accordance with our National Defense Policy (PND). The work in question aimed to analyze, along with the influence of globalization in current international affairs, post-Cold War, to what extent the CPLP presents itself as a "block" of interest to contribute for the achievement of the National Defense Objectives (OND) mentioned in the National Strategy of Defense (END).The methodology used consisted of descriptive elements of Internet articles; high level documents of defense; lectures of the Ministry of De-fense (MD) and the General Staff in the Navy (EMA); and the bibliographic research selected in ESG. Initially, globalization and its influence on the block were discussed. Subsequently, the history of the Community was rescued; the important aspects of the maritime universe of the CPLP, highlighting the South Atlantic and the influence of the People's Republic of China (PRC); the Cooperation Agreements, especially in the area of defense, without, however, considering economic or mobilization aspects related to military exercises carried out among the Armed Forces of the block, due to the restriction of access to the data regarding the topics under discussion. Finally, possible OND were aligned with the Brazilian strategic interest with the CPLP. The conclusion of the present work indicates that the CPLP is configured as an excellent Defense Strategy platform for Brazil.