'The idea of a law-abiding Western community confronting rivals who are bent on upending the existing legal order is appealing in its simplicity [but] empirically inaccurate and politically dangerous.' Read Matias Spektor's brilliant Breyer Lecture: brookings.edu/articles/the-u…

TODAY’S WORLDVIEW
The fallacy of “the West versus the rest”
On Matias Spektor’s important The Brookings Institution lecture last week
(free to read)

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Join us for the 10th annual Breyer Lecture on international law featuring Matias Spektor with a panel to follow with Ishaan Tharoor Oona Hathaway
Bruce Jones & John Bellinger.

Friday, April 5th at 10 AM Eastern:
brookings.edu/events/the-10t…

Join us for the 10th annual Breyer Lecture on international law featuring Matias Spektor with a panel to follow with Ishaan Tharoor Oona Hathaway
Bruce Jones & John Bellinger.

Friday, April 5th at 10 AM Eastern:
brookings.edu/events/the-10t…

Lula’s foreign policy missteps have weakened Brazil’s ties to both the West and the developing world, writes Matias Spektor. To mend these strained partnerships, Lula will need to revamp Brazil’s grand strategy—and stop defending Venezuela’s autocrats.
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Read Matias Spektor’s vision for a new Brazilian foreign policy strategy—one that can rebuild Lula’s reputation as a diplomatic broker and help reverse the dangerous expansion of Brazil’s criminal networks.
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In the Amazon, meat companies are laundering cows, dodging environmental regulations as they deny how their business damages the climate.

Episode 3 of Barbecue Earth is out now (in text & audio), with Suely Araújo, Jennifer Jacquet, & Matias Spektor: carnegieendowment.org/2024/02/20/how…

Matias Spektor eleito como autor de um dos melhores artigos da Foreign Affairs de 2023.

foreignaffairs.com/anthologies/be…

The Brazilian politician who turned the tide on deforestation

As Brazil’s environment minister, Marina Silva helped to rein in rampant deforestation and rebuild institutions that were weakened by the previous government

#Natures10 #COP28 go.nature.com/47ShZ2b

Parabéns às alunas e aos alunos que passaram no vestibular da FGV Relações Internacionais! Estamos ansiosos em recebê-los em breve aqui na FGV. #FGV #FGV RI
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We are excited to be hosting a talk on 'How Public Opinion Shapes Climate Politics in the Global South' with Matias Spektor at GGI, 1815-1930 on 21 November 2023. More details: ucl.ac.uk/global-governa…

This Thu, join us in 📍 Leavey Program Room as we welcome GAI fellow Matias Spektor to explore the dynamic interplay between public sentiment and climate action.

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How do Latin Americans form their beliefs about climate change and assess associated risks? Next 📅Thu, GAI fellow Matias Spektor will join us in Leavey Program Room to discuss how public opinion informs perceptions of climate change.

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BRICS and the Emerging New World Order: 'Hypocrisy Is Fairly Evenly Distributed in the North and the South', argues Matias Spektor spiegel.de/international/… via DER SPIEGEL

Mesmo quando há interesses convergentes entre Brasil e Estados Unidos, os dois países não conseguem trabalhar juntos. O custo disso é grande para eles e para seus vizinhos. Hoje às 10h30 em Washington/11h30 com Margaret Myers e Chris Chivvis.

What potential does the U.S.-Brazil relationship hold? How should the United States & #Brazil best cooperate on key global challenges like climate change?

Join Matias Spektor, Margaret Myers, & Chris Chivvis on Thursday 8/17 for our Pivotal States discussion:
carnegieendowment.org/2023/08/17/piv…

Tune in today as I talk with Matias Spektor and Chris Chivvis about the state of US-Brazil ties.

We will tackle U.S. interests in a closer relationship with Brazil, Brasilia's differences with Washington over #Russia and #China , and avenues for future cooperation on #climate .

Looking forward to learning from my esteemed colleagues Matias Spektor and Margaret Myers!