Nuclear Strain: Looking Back at Brazil-US Nuclear Diplomatic Relations
This year is the 200th anniversary of US-Brazilian diplomatic relations. Perhaps no issue has put that relationship to the test more than Brazil鈥檚 nuclear energy development. For decades, Brazil and the United States have sometimes collaborated and occasionally disagreed over Brazil鈥檚 approach to nuclear energy. From Brazil鈥檚 efforts to acquire a commercial reactor in the 1950s and 1960s and its agreement with Germany to develop nuclear technology in 1975 to Brazil鈥檚 policy toward Iran鈥檚 nuclear weapons program in the 2000s, the nuclear issue has been a source of partnership and tension. Since a 2010 agreement, however, nuclear cooperation has helped strengthen ties between the two largest countries in the Americas.
Join us on October 30 at 11am ET for an online conversation about Brazil鈥檚 nuclear industry, scientific, economic, and nonproliferation considerations, and the implications for relations between the United States and Brazil. The dialogue will feature insights from scholars and practitioners in the nuclear energy sector and experts on nuclear diplomacy.
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Associate Professor of Environmental History/Sustainability, Ohio State University
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Brazil Institute
The Brazil Institute鈥攖he only country-specific policy institution focused on Brazil in Washington鈥攁ims to deepen understanding of Brazil鈥檚 complex landscape and strengthen relations between Brazilian and US institutions across all sectors. Read more