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The oil pragmatism: the Brazil-Iraq relations

This article aims to analyze the Brazil-Iraq relations, from 1973 to 2007. For this purpose, the economic, political and strategic aspects of the bilateral relations were examined, including the 1973 and the 1979 oil crisis, the Persian Gulf War and, finally, the US-led invasion of Iraq, in 2003.

Brazil; Iraq; Brazilian foreign policy; oil; Middle East


Centro de Estudos Globais da Universidade de Brasília Centro de Estudos Globais, Instituto de Relações Internacionais, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília - DF - 70910-900 - Brazil, Tel.: + 55 61 31073651 - Brasília - DF - Brazil
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