1. The BRICS and Brazilian public opinion: soft balancing or economic strategy?
- Author
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Vinicius Ruiz Albino de Freitas, Ivan Filipe de Almeida Lopes Fernandes, and Janina Onuki
- Subjects
History ,business.industry ,Soft balancing ,Economic strategy ,Public opinion ,JZ2-6530 ,Political Science and International Relations ,BRICS ,Economic system ,International relations ,business ,Political science - Abstract
The paper examines Brazilians’ attitudes toward the BRICS, verifying whether the soft balancing strategy finds support on public opinion, by using survey data from the Brazil, the Americas and the World Project. Results indicate that the attitudes toward the BRICS countries are similar to those toward other relevant partners. Moreover, attitudes toward the BRICS are not associated with a rejection of the US, which points to the possibility of soft-balancing having support in national public opinion.
- Published
- 2021