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The book presents a comprehensive and original analysis from a Brazilian perspective of both traditional and emerging topics related to the so-called “El Dorados of the 21st century”: Amazonia and Antarctica. By gathering distinguished scholars, the resulting set of high-level findings, stemming from multiple epistemological standpoints, provides important and innovative insights into the wide-ranging geopolitical impacts of issues concerning these unique strategic ecosystems to the contemporary international environment. The result is a sophisticated response to the following questions: what were, are, and will be the contributions of Brazilian geopolitical thinking on these two themes? Additionally , from this intellectual exercise, how do we interpret the role of Antarctica and Amazonia in shaping the current asymmetrical transnational architecture of power?

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""" Bringing together Amazonia and Antarctica in a single multidisciplinary volume, this book provides valuable information on the significance as well as governance challenges that these regions present to Brazil. In so doing, it launches a valuable call not only for Brazil to assume a more active geo-ecological role, but also for the development of a more integrated geopolitical perspective on governing the Anthropocene, one that is destined to enrich scholarly and policy dialogues both within Brazil and internationally."" --Philippe Le Prestre, Laval University, Quebec, Canada ""Ana Flavia Barros-Platiau, Fábio Albergaria de Queiroz, and Guilherme Lopes da Cunha, editors of Brazil in the Geopolitics of Amazonia and Antarctica, begin their study from a seemingly counterintuitive perspective: that Amazonia and Antarctica are somehow linked and that Brazil, with ties to both, is destined to play a pivotal role in global climate geopolitics. Yet they succeeded admirably in delineating the common challenges posed by these regions to global climate stability--and showing how excessive resource consumption impedes our ability to overcome these challenges (with Brazil a primary focus). Must reading for anyone seeking a holistic view of global climate geopolitics."" --Michael T. Klare, Hampshire College"

""" Bringing together Amazonia and Antarctica in a single multidisciplinary volume, this book provides valuable information on the significance as well as governance challenges that these regions present to Brazil. In so doing, it launches a valuable call not only for Brazil to assume a more active geo-ecological role, but also for the development of a more integrated geopolitical perspective on governing the Anthropocene, one that is destined to enrich scholarly and policy dialogues both within Brazil and internationally."" ""Ana Flavia Barros-Platiau, F�bio Albergaria de Queiroz, and Guilherme Lopes da Cunha, editors of Brazil in the Geopolitics of Amazonia and Antarctica, begin their study from a seemingly counterintuitive perspective: that Amazonia and Antarctica are somehow linked and that Brazil, with ties to both, is destined to play a pivotal role in global climate geopolitics. Yet they succeeded admirably in delineating the common challenges posed by these regions to global climate stability--and showing how excessive resource consumption impedes our ability to overcome these challenges (with Brazil a primary focus). Must reading for anyone seeking a holistic view of global climate geopolitics."""

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Ana Flávia Barros-Platiau is Associate Professor at the University of Brasilia (UnB) and Associate Researcher at the Brazilian Defense College (ESD). Fábio Albergaria de Queiroz is Adjunct Professor of International Relations and Geopolitics at the Brazilian Defense College (ESD). Guilherme Lopes da Cunha is Adjunct Professor at the Brazilian War College (ESG) and a Collaborating Professor at the Brazilian Defense College (ESD).

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