THE MARITIME POWER OF BRAZIL: AN ANALYSIS OF THE POTENTIALITY OF NORTHEAST BRAZIL IN THE PROMOTION OF POWER PROJECTION ON SOUTH ATLANTIC

• Autor(a) principal: do Nascimento Ferreira, Daniel
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Estudos Internacionais (REI)
• Texto Completo: https://revista.uepb.edu.br/REI/article/view/1516
• topic: Segurança; Poder marítimo; Brasil; Marinha; Nordeste; Security; Maritime Power; Brazil; Navy; Northeast

Brazil is both the country that has the biggest territorial extension in South America and the one that possesses bigger access to the South Atlantic Ocean. In spite of its geographic disposition, the country still faces some issues to project itself by sea. This article is a case study about the Northeast region, which is extremely strategic because there is located the most eastern point of the entire American continent, however its potentialities are not used properly. The characteristics that influence the projection of States' maritime power according to Mahan's classic geopolitical theory of maritime power are therefore analyzed and applied to the Brazilian case. A survey about the Northeastern port activity and the strategic distribution of the Navy along the coastal coast of the South Atlantic and how such distribution affects national security is also made. Finally, our problematization lies in the lack of investment in merchant and naval maritime structures in Northeast region, creating a scenario that makes it difficult to project power and directly affects national security.