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Oliver Stuenkel

Oliver Stuenkel

Assistant Professor of International Relations, Fundação Getúlio Vargas

Oliver Stuenkel is Professor of International Relations at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) in São Paulo, where he coordinates the São Paulo branch of the School of History and Social Science (CPDOC) and the executive program in International Relations. He is also a non-resident Fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin, a member of the Carnegie Rising Democracies Network, and a columnist for Americas Quarterly. His research focuses on rising powers; specifically on Brazil’s, India’s and China's foreign policy and on their impact on global governance.

His most recent book is "Post-Western World: How Emerging Powers Are Remaking Global Order" (Polity, 2016: https://www.polity.co.uk/book.asp?ref=9781509504565#toc)

He is also the author of:

--"The IBSA: The rise of the Global South?"
(Routledge Global Institutions, 2014: https://www.amazon.com/India-Brazil-South-Africa-Dialogue-Forum-IBSA/dp/1138789089/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1476716390&sr=8-2&keywords=%28IBSA%29%3A+The+Rise+of+the+Global+South)

--"BRICS and the Future of Global Order"
(Lexington, 2015: http://www.amazon.com/BRICS-Future-Global-Order/dp/073919321X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422804444&sr=8-1&keywords=The+BRICS+and+the+Future+of+Global+Order+%28Lexington%29)

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