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Articles by Mateus Bilhar
Between Pax Silica and WAICO: Latin American States’ Place in the AI Order
In June 2026, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Panama joined Pax Silica, the US flagship initiative to build an artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem and secure supply chains with trusted partners. Welcoming them, US Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg framed the accession in terms of material complementarities on strategic minerals, logistics, infrastructure, and digital services that these “friendly states” provide (U.S. Department of State 2026a).
Space Race 2.0: The Competition for the Future Operating System of Space Original
Unlike the first space race, the Space Race 2.0 is about defining the norms, rules, laws, and infrastructure that will guide the future of space exploration. By Igor Sevenard, Richard J. Cook, and Mateus Bilhar The CBERS-2B remote sensing satellite, a joint project of China and Brazil, is prepared for launch at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China, Sep. 5, 2007.
Hedging Comes to Latin America: Gauging Brazil’s Coping Strategies vis-à-vis the Sino-US Peer Competition
Ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Hedging Comes to Latin America: Gauging Brazil’s Coping Strategies vis-à-vis the Sino-US Peer Competition Richard J. Cook [1] ; Mateus Bilhar [1] ; Maximilian Ohle [2] ; Zhaoying Han [1] [1] Nankai University [2] Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen Localización: Journal of Latin American Studies, ISSN 0022-216X, ISSN-e 1469-767X, Vol. 56, Nº. 4, 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: November 2024), págs.
The Dawn of the Trump Corollary: Panama as the New Hotspot for U.S.-China Competition
Image Source: Politico. Even before taking office, the expansionist insinuations of the recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump regarding Panama, Canada, and Greenland have raised apprehensions over the approach the second administration will adopt toward the Western Hemisphere.
When Does BRICS Matter? Brazil’s Decision in Advancing BRICS When It (Sometimes) Needs To
It has been a year since the announcement of the enlargement of the now-recognized BRICS Plus, which saw Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates all adhered to the group, collectively representing over 30 percent of the global GDP and nearly half of the world’s population. However, the group’s progress has been uneven, characterized by peaks and troughs.
A Brazilian Approach at the G20: Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet
Brazil’s G20 presidency denotes its last move to reposition itself as an emerging global responsible player and promoter of multipolarity in the international system, once again Brasilia’s foreign policy priority since Lula’s return to the presidential office last year.
Five Latin American States Abstained at UN’s Ukraine Resolution and Here is Why
During the special emergency session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on March 2nd, only five Latin American states renounced from condemning Russia’s military operations in Ukraine. Although none voted ‘against’, four abstentions from Bolivia, Cuba, El Salvador and Nicaragua, plus Venezuela’s refusal to participate in the voting, triggered questions about their position on the crisis.
To “B” or not to “B”: The BRICS, Brazil and Bolsonaro
Authors: Mateus Bilhar, Richard J. Cook, Han Zhaoying* Two decades on from O’Neill’s BRICS acronym, the bloc’s ability to influence global economic governance is now embattled with a range of challenges.
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