Alexandre Piffero Spohr
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre–RS, Brazil; alexandre.spohr@gmail.com.Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazilPorto Alegre, BrazilFederal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre–RS, Brazil; alexandre.spohr@gmail.com.
André Luiz Reis da Silva
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre–RS, Brazil; reisdasilva@hotmail.com.Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazilPorto Alegre, BrazilFederal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre–RS, Brazil; reisdasilva@hotmail.com.
Alexandre Piffero Spohr is PhD student in Political Science at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil. He holds a Master’s degree in Political Science and a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations. He researches Brazilian Foreign Policy Analysis and Development. His research interests include emerging powers, foreign policy analysis, and international political economy, aiming to combine these fields of study to allow for a deeper and more comprehensive approach to international relations. He is currently part of a project on Brazilian and Turkish foreign policies and on Dilma’s foreign policy and studies Brazilian foreign policy decision-making process.
André Luiz Reis da Silva holds a PhD in Political Science from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil. He is Associate Professor and Dean of Graduate Programme in International Strategic Studies at the same institution, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Conjuntura Austral: Journal of the Global South. He researches the International Relations of Southern Countries, focusing on Brazilian foreign policy and Emerging Powers in Asia and Africa. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London (2013). Currently, he is developing research on Brazilian and Turkish foreign policy in a comparative perspective and another study on foreign policy under Dilma Rousseff’s presidency in Brazil.