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The world is witnessing the rise of numerous ultraconservative and authoritarian leaders, governments, and movements that have challenged democratic institutions. The use of social media and disinformation tools - including the spread of fake news and, more recently, the use of artificial intelligence - has become a common feature across national contexts. From the national to the transnational level, ideas and practices circulate with the shared objective of undermining democratic principles, norms, experiences, and multilateral organizations.
How should we understand the impact of this wave of antidemocratic and ultraconservative politics within multilateral arenas, particularly within the United Nations? And what are the distinctive features of the Bolsonaro administration (2019–2022) within this broader context?
Drawing on research produced through a broad collective effort coordinated by LABMUNDO, this volume offers critical perspectives on the use of terms such as “populist leaders,” “populist governments,” and “populist foreign policy” to describe this phenomenon. Addressing the issue from theoretical and conceptual standpoints, the studies gathered here explore the Brazilian context of bolsonarism and examine how ultraconservative and antidemocratic leaderships and movements have exerted negative influences on Brazil's foreign policy agenda.

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Introduction
Part 1: Foreign Policy, Authoritarianism and Multilateralism
Chapter 1. Defining Bolsonaro's Diplomacy: From Populism to a Non-Democratic Foreign Policy, Juliana Ramos Luiz, Rubens de Siqueira Duarte, and Carlos R. S. Milani (LABMUNDO, Brazil)
Chapter 2. Crises of Liberal Democracy and the Rise of the Far Right: Rupture and Deconstruction of Brazilian Foreign Policy Under the Bolsonaro Government, Tiago Nery, Pablo Saturnino Braga, Kethlyn Winter (LABMUNDO, Brazil)
Chapter 3. Against Multilateralism: Challenges and the Resilience of Illiberal Authoritarianism in the Liberal International Order, Leandro C. D. Conde, Julia Nascimento Santos and Caio Samuel Milagres (LABMUNDO, Brazil)
Chapter 4. Peacekeeping in Times of Multilateralism Crisis and Ultraconservative Rise: An Analysis of Brazilian Foreign Policy, Hugo Bras Martins da Costa and Murilo Gomes da Costa (LABMUNDO, Brazil)

Part 2: Anti-Democratic Policies and International Agendas
Chapter 5. The Agenda of LGBTI Rights in Bolsonaro's Foreign Policy, Magno Klein and Henrique Rabello de Carvalho (LABMUNDO, Brazil)
Chapter 6. Post-Fascism and Anti-Gender Rights: An Analysis of the Brazilian and Indian Cases, Juliana Pinto and Bruna Soares (LABMUNDO, Brazil)
Chapter 7. 'The Truth Above all': the Anti-Democratic and Denialist Factors in the Bolsonaro Government's Climate Foreign Policy, Danielle Costa da Silva, Maria Isabel Santos Lima, and Beatriz Triani Cherem (LABMUNDO, Brazil)
Chapter 8. The Connections Between Authoritarianism, Predatory Development, and Climate Obstruction in Brazil: An Analysis of the Bolsonaro Administration., Carlos R. S. Milani, Janaína Pinto, and Arthur Facini (LABMUNDO, Brazil)
Chapter 9. The Impact of the Authoritarian and Ultraconservative Wave on Brazilian Cooperation Policy: An Analysis of Brazil-Mozambique Relations During the Bolsonaro Administration (2019-2022), Francisco Carlos da Conceição, Pedro Guiliche and Bénet Justina Machava (LABMUNDO, Brazil)

Conclusion: After the Bolsonaro Administration: the future of Brazil's foreign policy research agenda, Rubens de S. Duarte and Carlos R. S. Milani (LABMUNDO, Brazil)

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Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 20 Aug 2026
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Pages 1
ISBN 9798216252146
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 10 b/w Figures
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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