German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Rafael Mesquita

Former Associate

Short CV

Since 09/2022: Associate with the GIGA
Since 02/2019: Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Pernambuco
10/2018 – 11/2018: Visiting Professor at the Catholic University of Pernambuco
02/2013 – 01/2019: Graduate scholarship holder CNPq/CAPES

Education:

2018: PhD in Political Science/International Relations (Federal University of Pernambuco - UFPE)
Visiting Doctoral Student at the GIGA Institute and at the Latin American Centre (LAC) in Oxford
2015: Masters in Political Science/International Relations (Federal University of Pernambuco - UFPE)
2012: Major in Business Administration (University of Pernambuco – UPE)
2011: Major in Social Communication (Journalism) 2011 (Federal University of Pernambuco - UFPE)
Undergraduate exchange programme at the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po Paris)

Current Research

Brazilian foreign policy
International organisations and multilateralism
Quantitative methods

Rafael Mesquita

Former Associate

Chapter in Edited Volume | 05/2023

Wavering or Privileged Cooperation? Portugal and Lusophone Africa at the UN General Assembly

This chapter evaluates claims of pre-established international affinity as a proxy product of a shared decolonization legacy and highlights key intricacies of Lusophone political cooperation in the international domain.

Pedro Nuno Alves Vidal Seabra

Former Visiting Fellow

Rafael Mesquita

Former Associate

International Studies Review | 03/2023

What Are UN General Assembly Resolutions for? Four Views on Parliamentary Diplomacy

The authors of this article propose a novel theoretical typology to organize prevailing views on the role of UNGA resolutions.

Rafael Mesquita

Former Associate

Antonio Pires

Federal University of Pernambuco

Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies | 2023

Ideology or indifference? Comparing the Effects of Ideological Cohesion and Great Power Involvement in Latin American Regionalism

Given the sharp electoral swings in Latin America in the last twenty years and ensuing effects on regional cooperation, current literature has emphasized the importance of presidential ideology for regional institutionalization in this part of the world.

Dr. Bruno Theodoro Luciano

Free University of Brussels

Rafael Mesquita

Former Associate

Opiniao Publica | 01/2023

Public Opinion and Emerging Powers: Perceptions of the Assertive Diplomacies of South Africa, Brazil, and Turkey in National and Regional Surveys

This article investigates whether there is evidence of a “rise and fall” of emerging powers over the past 20 years in the eyes of public opinion.

Rafael Mesquita

Former Associate

Estudios Internacionales | 2023

¿Uniéndose al Club? Comparación del Énfasis en el Norte y el Sur Global en la Diplomacia de Cumbres de Sudáfrica, Brasil, China e India (1998-2019)

The authors of this article monitored the presidential diplomacy of South Africa, Brazil, China and India between 1998 and 2019.

Maria Clara Silva Lage

Federal University of Pernambuco

Rafael Mesquita

Former Associate

Rafael Mesquita

Short CV

Education:

Current Research

Rafael Mesquita

Publications

Wavering or Privileged Cooperation? Portugal and Lusophone Africa at the UN General Assembly

What Are UN General Assembly Resolutions for? Four Views on Parliamentary Diplomacy

Ideology or indifference? Comparing the Effects of Ideological Cohesion and Great Power Involvement in Latin American Regionalism

Public Opinion and Emerging Powers: Perceptions of the Assertive Diplomacies of South Africa, Brazil, and Turkey in National and Regional Surveys

¿Uniéndose al Club? Comparación del Énfasis en el Norte y el Sur Global en la Diplomacia de Cumbres de Sudáfrica, Brasil, China e India (1998-2019)

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