Temas de relações internacionais, de política externa e de diplomacia brasileira, com ênfase em políticas econômicas, em viagens, livros e cultura em geral. Um quilombo de resistência intelectual em defesa da racionalidade, da inteligência e das liberdades democráticas.
O que é este blog?
Este blog trata basicamente de ideias, se possível inteligentes, para pessoas inteligentes. Ele também se ocupa de ideias aplicadas à política, em especial à política econômica. Ele constitui uma tentativa de manter um pensamento crítico e independente sobre livros, sobre questões culturais em geral, focando numa discussão bem informada sobre temas de relações internacionais e de política externa do Brasil. Para meus livros e ensaios ver o website: www.pralmeida.org. Para a maior parte de meus textos, ver minha página na plataforma Academia.edu, link: https://itamaraty.academia.edu/PauloRobertodeAlmeida;
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quinta-feira, 16 de novembro de 2017
Reuniao do IPRI com ex-diretores e coordenadores de pos em RI - nota Paulo Roberto de Almeida
IPRI, 30 anos; reuniao com coordenadores de pos em RI, na VI CORE, 10/11/2017 - Paulo Roberto de Almeida
Não foi pronunciado, mas nada impede que se faça o registro de minhas intenções ao escrever estas palavras, um dia antes. Em postagem subsequente, vou trancrever a pequena nota de registro sobre essa reunião.
Paulo Roberto de Almeida
VI Conferencia de Relacoes Exteriores, Funag-Itamaraty, 8 a 10/11/2017 - discurso inagural
Não estive presente na abertura, por motivo de viagem e imediata obrigação de aula no programa de doutorado em Direito do Uniceub, mas participei do terceiro dia, presidindo uma sessão dividida em duas fases, uma voltada aos 30 anos de existiencia do Instituto de Pesquisa de Relações Internacionais (IPRI-Funag), do qual sou Diretor atualmente, e outra para a interação com os coordenadores de cursos de pós-graduação em RI das universidades brasileiras.
Nessa abertura, destaco o trecho voltado para o IPRI:
"Nesta VI edição da CORE, comemora-se 30º aniversário do Instituto de Pesquisa de Relações Internacionais (IPRI), razão pela qual convidamos ex-diretores do Instituto para participar da Conferência e da Reunião de Coordenadores, paralela a este evento. O IPRI é órgão da FUNAG que tem por finalidade desenvolver e divulgar estudos e pesquisas sobre temas atinentes às relações internacionais; promover a coleta e a sistematização de documentos relativos a seu campo de atuação; fomentar o intercâmbio científico com instituições congêneres nacionais e estrangeiras; e realizar cursos, conferências, seminários e congressos na área de relações internacionais."
Transcrevo agora a íntegra do discurso inaugural:
quarta-feira, 15 de novembro de 2017
terça-feira, 14 de novembro de 2017
Coreia: as fontes do crescimento em seis decadas - Hyeok Jeong (World Bank Studies)
WORLD BANK POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER ABSTRACTS
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8240
segunda-feira, 13 de novembro de 2017
Bertha Lutz e o papel das mulheres na ONU - seminario-debate no IPRI, 20/11, 9:00hs
CONVITE / INVITATION:
"Bertha Lutz and Women's Rights in the UN Charter: How a Brazilian delegate successfully championed gender-equality in the San Francisco Conference"
O diplomata como intelectual publico - Paulo Roberto de Almeida
domingo, 12 de novembro de 2017
Crescimento populacional: os dados da questao - The Globalist
Global Population Growth: Just The Facts
The Globalist, November 2017
Global Population Growth Per Minute
On balance, how many more people did Earth gain every minute of the past year? | By The Globalist.
https://www.theglobalist.com/global-population-growth-per-minute/
Annual Population Growth by Region
How much did different world regions gain in population over the past year? | By The Globalist
https://www.theglobalist.com/annual-population-growth-by-region/
The Global Gender Balance in 2017
What share of the population of each world region is female? | By The Globalist.
https://www.theglobalist.com/the-global-gender-balance-in-2017/
International Migration and the Global Agenda
By Joseph Chamie, June 23, 2008https://www.theglobalist.com/international-migration-and-the-global-agenda/
Four powerful forces are contributing to the urgency of addressing the international migration issue on the national, regional and international agenda.
The first force is demography. Generally speaking, receiving countries in the North are facing a “birth-rate crisis.” With more deaths than births due to low fertility levels, many receiving countries are experiencing rapid population aging — and facing outright population decline.
In contrast, the populations of sending countries, especially in Asia and Africa, continue to grow rapidly, with most of their populations concentrated in the younger ages.
Economics is the second major force. With aging and shrinking populations, many developed nations are confronting serious labor shortages, financial pressures on government-sponsored pensions and difficulties providing health care for the elderly.
In addition, countries in the Persian Gulf are recruiting large numbers of temporary migrant workers for their expanding economies, fueled largely by their vast oil wealth.
At the same time, millions of men and women in poor developing countries, especially the youth, face poverty and hardships securing employment. And as a result, many are seeking opportunities by migrating — legally or illegally — to wealthier countries, especially in Europe and North America.
Their difficult situations are further compounded by environmental and climate changes impacting their farming, fishing and other important natural resources.
The third major force is culture — a broad set of issues including ethnicity, language, religion, customs and tradition. In contrast to the past, the composition of the immigrants in many instances differs greatly from that of the receiving country.
In Europe following World War II, for example, many immigrants came from the relatively poorer countries of southern Europe.
Many of the immigrants today, however, are not only less educated and lower skilled than the native populations — but are ethnically and culturally different, raising concerns about integration, assimilation and cultural integrity.
Finally, the fourth crucial force is national security. The events of 9-11 in the United States, the bombings in the United Kingdom, Spain, Indonesia and elsewhere, as well as several high profile violent crimes committed by immigrants have heightened security and safety concerns relating to international migrants.
As a result, many countries have tightened their borders, stiffened their policies and instituted new guidelines and procedures, e.g., photos, fingerprints, lengthy detentions and immigration bans, to monitor and deal with those coming from certain countries, especially illegal immigrants.
In addition, civil conflict and societal breakdowns — such as in Somalia, Haiti and the Congo — have resulted in millions of people rushing to escape from the disorder, violence and insecurity.
These four powerful forces are keeping international migration at the top of national, regional and global agenda.
Moreover, given the current economic downturn and growing anti-immigrant sentiments among both developed and developing countries, it seems certain that the issue of how best to manage international migration will become even more contentious, divisive and challenging for governments and international organizations in the years ahead.