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EdLemos escreveu:Vou me apresentando então, afinal nomes/nicks como marino, gaitero. priCK,orestespf entre outros, mesmo nunca tendo conversado já fazem parte do meu dia-a-dia no ultimo mes rs*


Tenho 21 anos, sou de SC, por motivos profissionais não servi a nenhuma das Forças, sou formado em Sist. de Informação, cursando MBa em Marketing, e adoro assuntos militares, desde sempre pra ser sincero, infelizmente isso nao se traduz em conhecimento prático, mas em mta vontade de aprender e estar atento as novidades, por isso no ultimo mes tenho ficado horas aqui (entre as minhas obrigações da empresa claro...trabalho numa certa empresa que monopoliza a midia no Sul do brasil...nao sei se isso é bom mais enfim), obrigado pela recepção, prometo nao atrapalhar os topicos, desvirtuam o assunto, ou com perguntas impertinentes...mas espero que vcs tenham paciencia com a minha ignorancia e com a vontade de saber mais e mais.


Grande abraço a todos, e mais uma vez obrigado.

P44 escreveu:Bem vindo EdLemos!

EdLemos escreveu:Vou me apresentando então, afinal nomes/nicks como marino, gaitero. priCK,orestespf entre outros, mesmo nunca tendo conversado já fazem parte do meu dia-a-dia no ultimo mes rs*


Tenho 21 anos, sou de SC, por motivos profissionais não servi a nenhuma das Forças, sou formado em Sist. de Informação, cursando MBa em Marketing, e adoro assuntos militares, desde sempre pra ser sincero, infelizmente isso nao se traduz em conhecimento prático, mas em mta vontade de aprender e estar atento as novidades, por isso no ultimo mes tenho ficado horas aqui (entre as minhas obrigações da empresa claro...trabalho numa certa empresa que monopoliza a midia no Sul do brasil...nao sei se isso é bom mais enfim), obrigado pela recepção, prometo nao atrapalhar os topicos, desvirtuam o assunto, ou com perguntas impertinentes...mas espero que vcs tenham paciencia com a minha ignorancia e com a vontade de saber mais e mais.


Grande abraço a todos, e mais uma vez obrigado.

Security in Latin America

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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Sino-Brazilian Naval relations
The Chief of Staff of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force
recently met with Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guianglie in Ningbo,
Zhejiang province, China to review China's East Fleet.


Many analysts agree that Naval control over the waters of East Asia
will again become a contest (as it was during WWII) as China's Navy,
known as the PLAN, continues its rapid development.


Japan, especially is worried, as is the United States.


But what I find more interesting is Brazil's role in China's naval
development.


Below, my research assistant Kelsey Price, has prepared a backgrounder
on Sino-Brazilian naval relations, including Brazil's offer to train
the Chinese on the use of aircraft carriers - something the PLAN has
yet to deploy.


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As China attempts to solidify its place as an emerging world power,
its leaders have placed more emphasis on building a stronger navy. At
the forefront of this naval initiative is the construction of, and
training for, China’s first aircraft carrier. Russia has sold China
its former carrier Varyag (renamed the Shi Lang), and China has been
slowly updating the craft since its docking at a Chinese shipyard in
2002. Analysts conclude that China’s navy, or PLAN, may use the ship
for training and as a base for the construction of two of its own
carriers.


Brazil is looking for international significance as well, so when PLAN
turned to Brazil’s aircraft carrier-trained crew to train China’s
navy, the Latin American power agreed to invite Chinese naval
personnel aboard the Sao Paolo, Brazil’s only aircraft carrier. While
the two BRIC nations—part of a group with Russia and India—both
benefit from the military favor, China had very few choices. Brazil is
one of only four nations to maintain an aircraft carrier capable of
launching and recovering conventional aircraft, and the only one
willing or able to train PLAN personnel. The United States has little
interest in training the navy of a country it sees as a potential
threat; EU law prohibits France from helping; and China’s relationship
with Russia is hampered by an intellectual property dispute over
Chinese fighter aircraft.


China clearly benefits from the naval training, but Brazil’s reward
for helping China is less material than political. Brazil strengthens
its reputation as a global force, especially when it assists a country
as powerful as China. It also establishes stronger relations between
the two countries, which formerly concentrated on economic ties and
shared inclusion in the emerging BRIC nations.


Brazil and China’s other BRIC partners—India specifically—have
expressed concern over PLAN’s technological advancement. India has
declared China to be its “biggest threat.” China’s Major General Qian
Lihua, director of the ministry’s Foreign Affairs office, assured,
“Even if one day we have an aircraft carrier, unlike another country,
we will not use it to pursue global deployment or global reach.”
China’s President Hu Jintao also claimed that he did not seek regional
hegemony or an arms race; rather, China would use its navy to pursue
international cooperation in peacekeeping and anti-piracy enforcement.


The United States suspects other motives. A US Congressional Report
for the People in May suggested that China may plan to use its
improved navy to create conflict with Taiwan, and perhaps to prevent
US intervention in the dispute. China may also use its threatening
aircraft carrier to assert itself in the region, especially regarding
its claims in territorial and freedom of navigation disputes. Its
strengthened place as a world power may also convince other countries
to align its policies with China, and displace US influence in the
region. These concerns have prompted the US navy to pursue increased
monitoring of China’s actions and to send more personnel to the
Pacific.


Bates Gill, director of the Stockholm International Peace Research
Institute, considers the very display of China’s navy a non-verbal
threat to other countries. PLAN celebrated its 60th anniversary by
including 52 navy vessels and aircraft in maneuvers off the eastern
port of Qingdao in April. "Showing what you have can always also act
as a deterrent - that's how it's seen in the US," said Mr Gill. "When
the US navy takes an aircraft carrier to Hong Kong, it also tells the
Chinese, have a look, you don't want to confront this."


Brazil and China’s rise in international influence—and displacement of
US influence—is expedited by a visibly strong navy, and the
partnership forming between the two nations suggests the emergence of
a strong BRIC allegiance without the sway of the United States.


Notes:


“Beijing’s aircraft carrier will convert Asian oceans into Chinese
lakes.” 28 May, 2009. Rupee News delivered by Newstex.


Farley, Robert. “The New China-Brazil axis.” 27 May 2009. The
Progressive Realist.


“Brazil/China consolidate energy, trade and finance partnership.” 19
May, 2009. South Atlantic news agency MercoPress.


Ansari, Moin. “BRIC-battered: The growing Brazil china axis and
fraying Indo-Russia deals.” 27 May, 2009. Rupee News.


“China has aircraft carrier hopes.” 17 November 2008. BBC.


Hille, Katherin. “China’s show of sea power challenges US.” 24 April
2009. The Financial Times.


“China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities --
Background and Issues for Congress.” 29 May 2009. Open CRS,
Congressional Report for the People.


See “China’s show of sea power challenges US,” Financial Times.
Posted by Samuel Logan at 7:58 AM