Brazil

The transnational (re)making of contemporary urban pacification practices, discourses, and technologies between Brazil and Israel is underpinned by coercive entanglements. The Israeli experience with the occupation of the Palestinian territories has brought the Israel Defense Forces and the country’s private security industry international recognition for their urban warfare skills and related security technologies; Brazil has recently gained international recognition for urban pacification efforts that emphasize the country’s military’s ability to combine “hard” and “soft” skills, thereby foregrounding the nexus of military and humanitarian forms of engagement on urban battlefields. Empirical findings framed by critical scholarship on pacification demonstrate how recent shifts in the military and diplomatic relations between the two countries seek to symbolically capitalize on their own and each other’s urban warfare experiences to promote themselves as security experts capable of addressing a range of future urban threat scenarios—from urban warfare to antigang and antiriot policing and peacekeeping. A reorganiza？？o transnacional das práticas, discursos e tecnologias de urbaniza？？o contemporanea entre Brasil e Israel s？o movidas por envolvimento coercitivo. A experiência israelense de ocupa？？o dos territórios palestinos trouxe prestígio internacional às For？as de Defesa Israelense, bem como à indústria de seguran？a particular do país, em virtude de tecnologia de combate urbano. Brasil recentemente alcan？ou reconhecimento internacional pelos esfor？os de pacifica？？o urbana, que enfatizam a habilidade das for？as armadas do país em combinar “soft and hard skills”, criando assim um nexo de intera？？o militar e humanitário no campo de batalha urbano. Observa？？es produzidas em moldura crítica acadêmica sobre pacifica？？o demonstram de que modo mudan？as recentes nas rela？？es diplomática e militar dos dois países visam capitalizar simbolicamente as experiências respectivas para promoverem a si mesmos como especialistas em seguran？a capazes de tratar uma variedade de cenários urbanos de risco—desde a guerra urbana contra gangs até o policiamento de manifesta？？es