%0 Journal Article
%T O Brasil e as opera  es de manuten  o da paz da ONU: os casos do Timor Leste e Haiti Brazil and UN peacekeeping: the cases of East-Timor and Haiti
%A Djuan Bracey
%J Contexto Internacional
%D 2011
%I Pontif¨ªcia Universidade Cat¨®lica do Rio de Janeiro
%R 10.1590/s0102-85292011000200003
%X O presente artigo examina as motiva  es que o Brasil tem para contribuir para as miss es de manuten  o da paz (peacekeeping) das Na  es Unidas no Timor Leste e no Haiti. O Brasil procura prest¨ªgio e aspira ganhar influ¨ºncia pelos m¨¦todos pragm¨¢ticos da sua pol¨ªtica exterior. Na opini o do autor, as contribui  es s o vantajosas para o pa¨ªs porque o custo ¨¦ baixo e porque permitem treinamento militar, visibilidade global e uma extens o pol¨ªtica e econ mica da influ¨ºncia brasileira. The following article examines Brazil's motivations for contributing to peacekeeping missions. The work focuses on its participation in East-Timor and its leadership of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti. Brazil seeks prestige and hopes to gain influence through the pragmatic mechanisms of its foreign policy. The author believes the contributions are advantageous for the country, given the low cost of the missions, along with the receipt of military training, global visibility and an extension of Brazil's political and economic influence.
%K Manuten  o da Paz
%K Haiti
%K Minustah
%K Timor Leste
%K Peacekeeping
%K Haiti
%K Minustah
%K East Timor
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-85292011000200003