Tensões Mundiais

International Relations, Marxism and Geopolitics in the Americas

Alán Ricardo Rodríguez Orozco — 2025-10-23

This article addresses the intertwining of International Relations, Marxism and Geopolitics by analyzing the historical course followed by the latter and the former during the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, in order to integrate themselves into the disciplinary study of International Relations from a position of strength and legitimacy, escaping the condition of marginalization to which they had traditionally been relegated among scholars of this discipline.

Gramscian and Trotskist alternatives to Waltz’s IR

Paulo Bittencourt — 2025-10-23

The theoretical debate of International Relations at the end of the Cold War was influenced by Waltz’s realist theory. This paper aims to explore theoretical alternatives, based on the Marxist body of thought, particularly the Gramscian perspective of Adam Morton and Justin Rosenberg’s Trotskyist perspective, in the period following the Cold War. The selection of these authors is due to the fruitfulness of their debate in the contemporary Marxist field.

A Teoria dos Dois Níveis e a Luta de Classes no Estado

Eduardo Secchi — 2025-10-23

Este trabalho busca apresentar possíveis intersecções entre a Teoria dos Dois Níveis de Robert Putnam e a abordagem Poulantziana do Estado. Busca-se analisar possibilidades de ampliação do Marxismo como teoria para interpretar as Relações Internacionais. Propõem-se interseções teóricas na área de Análise de Política Externa e Formação de Agenda com estudo de caso da OMC na Rodada Doha. Avalia- se o papel das frações domésticas brasileira e europeia no processo.

Contribuições marxistas aos estudos do regionalismo

Rafael Vieira da Silva — 2025-10-23

The article systematizes marxist contributions to the understanding of regionalism as a phenomenon in International Relations. To this end, it presents marxist interpretations of European integration and Latin American regionalism, highlighting their critical potential in challenging dominant perspectives in the field. It argues that the connection between globalization and regionalism, as well as the structural dynamics of capitalism that interlink these, is a key Marxist contribution to the field.

Marxismo Queer para tensionar as Relações Internacionais

Kelvin Araújo da Nóbrega Dias — 2025-10-23

How can Queer Marxism strengthen the discipline of International Relations? Why is there no Queer Marxist International Theory? This article explores the potential of this approach for internationalist science. It then problematizes the family as a pillar of capitalist heteropatriarchy, as well as the imperialist use of human rights in foreign policy rhetoric. The originality of this research lies in serving as a foundational text for a queer Marxist theory of IR.

A ascensão da burguesia industrial e a hegemonia britânica

Marco Antonio Meneses Silva — 2025-10-23

This article analyses the rise of the industrial bourgeoisie in the north of England during the industrial revolution, highlighting its political and economic hegemony. It explores how the accumulation of wealth and liberal policies mitigated class conflicts, consolidating a new historical bloc. Adopting structuralist and Marxist perspectives, the study examines the transformation of the British state and the formation of a domestic and international hegemonic order.

A nova ordem colonial pós-Primeira Guerra Mundial

Carlos Eduardo Rezende Landim — 2025-10-23

As análises tradicionais em Relações Internacionais sugerem uma convergência entre o liberal-internacionalismo wilsoniano, a Liga das Nações e a autodeterminação dos povos. No entanto, a Liga consolidou novas formas de dominação sob o discurso emancipador. O Sistema de Mandatos reforçou a soberania das potências sobre nações periféricas, enquanto Wilson buscava conter o internacionalismo socialista. O artigo problematiza essa contradição, discutindo como o liberal internacionalismo mascarou práticas opressivas no novo arranjo internacional.

La coherencia regulatoria en las negociaciones internacionales: apuntes sobre infraestructura, estandarización y la reestructuración del Estado

Luciana Ghiotto — 2025-10-23

The internationalization of capital has driven the homogenization of state regulations on a global scale through the agenda of "regulatory coherence." It is a central theme for capital accumulation as its effect is the acceleration of the circulation of goods, reducing costs, times, and administrative processes. However, regulatory coherence also expresses the inherent uncertainty of the accumulation process. The transformations in the functioning of states show the contradictory nature of this political form.

Marxismo e os dilemas reais

Olivia Bulla — 2025-10-23

This article aims to contribute to the debate that seeks to bring International Relations closer to Marxism, taking as a starting point the current crisis of knowledge. With the scientific field in this area in dispute, epistemologically and methodologically, a study is presented about the war of narratives in the covid-19 pandemic, with China as the pivot, as a way of exploring the adaptation of Marxist thought to contemporary geopolitical and economic realities.

Luta e resistência multitudinária contra o genocídio em Gaza

Luiza Odorissi — 2025-10-23

This work seeks to understand the power of collectives as multitudinous political-social subjects in the struggle and resistance against the extermination of Palestinians by the Israeli army. Through the historical materialism of Antonio Negri and, from the perspective of the multitude, collectives are insurgent political beings, counter-hegemonic, builders of a new subjectivity based on the “common” and consistent with current political-social contexts, such as the decimation of the Palestinian people.

A crise do marxismo e o levante da juventude em Moçambique

Boaventura Monjane — 2025-10-23

Mozambique, once a beacon of Marxist-Leninist ideology, is currently undergoing a profound crisis marked by an ideologically eclectic youth uprising that began in March 2023 and intensified following the 2024 elections, with the controversial Venâncio Mondlane as its leading figure. This article analyses the current political conjuncture, interrogating the future of the country’s economic and foreign policy, and the potential return to — or rupture with — its post-independence socialist tradition.

Hugo Chávez:

Ana Amélia Penido Oliveira — 2025-10-23

Before being elected president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez was an active military man, organizer of the military left and leader of an armed insurrection. This article will discuss the occurrences inside and outside the barracks, investigating the emergence and development of this military. It combines literature review with interviews. It is concluded that Hugo Chávez is an example for the discussion of the military left (QUARTIM, 2005) and the role of the individual in history (PLEKHANOV, 1898).

Capital e América Latina na encruzilhada ecológica

Daniel Jeziorny — 2025-10-23

This paper aims to show that capital can also turn into an ecological crisis. The main objective is to demonstrate the relevance of Marxism in getting to the root of this crisis. In addition, the paper makes some provocations about the crossroads in which Latin American economies find themselves in the face of the pattern of reproduction of neo-extractivist capital that is being deepened, driven by their States.

A abertura do setor energético do Brasil à luz das teorias do Estado

Joao Montenegro da Silva Pereira Reis — 2025-10-23

The aim is to identify the factors that led to the opening up of the energy sector in Brazil in 2016. The hypothesis is that this liberalization resulted from a loss of relative state autonomy after Dilma Rousseff's impeachment. The theoretical debate on the interaction between the state, capitalists and workers is explored. Cases of “revolving-door” are described, which illustrate the movement of capitalists and politicians in favor of liberalization.

Tourism, Marxism and International Relations (IR)

Gabriel de Siqueira Gil — 2025-10-23

The article analyzes the development of international tourism and the trajectory of the subfield of the Political Economy of Tourism (EPT), from the intersection between the critique of political economy and International Relations (IR). To this end, the article promotes a materialist interpretation of the development of tourism in the capitalist mode of production and discusses the challenges for the critique of the political economy of tourism in the current stage of accumulation in world capitalism.

Imperialism and Subimperialism in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Charlie Thame — 2025-10-23

Filosofía popular y pensamiento crítico en tiempos oscuros

Lucio Fernando Oliver Costilla — 2025-10-23

Latin America is currently suffering a political-ideological offensive of extreme right forces seeking to impose common sense and an authoritarian and reactionary social conformism. In this essay, we analyze some elements of popular thought and ideology to consider their relationships with political domination and hegemony, linked to the contributions of Antonio Gramsci, which we consider relevant for considering alternatives to current problems.

Editorial

Gustavo Guerreiro — 2025-10-22

O método e o contributo marxista anticolonial de Mahdi Amel

Moara Assis Crivelente — 2025-10-23

O tempo tardio em Giorgio Agamben

Marcílio Medeiros Silva — 2025-10-23

A educação brasileira na perspectiva da crise estrutural do capital

Antonio Nascimento da Silva — 2025-10-23