International Press Brief
Brazil's presidential elections
Brazil will vote on October 2 to elect a new president in a scenario of strong political and social polarisation in which the debate between the two main candidates has been fierce and marked by violence between supporters. Polls indicate the advantage of former president Inácio Lula da Silva, but the incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro, promises he will "go to war" to stay in the presidency with accusations of electoral manipulation. Should no candidate reach 50% of the vote, Brazil will vote on a second round.
The fall of Mario Draghi's Italian government on July 20th has caused a shock wave in the country and the calling of early parliamentary elections for September 25th. The polls indicate that the far-right Fratelli d'Italia party led by Giorgia Meloni, with neo-fascist roots, is likely to win in coalition with Matteo Salvini's Lega party and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia.
Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan provoked strong protests from Beijing, which in response adopted a series of retaliatory measures, such as aggressive military exercises around the island and a media campaign promoting the "One China" principle, and aggravating the tense relations between China and the United States.
Working Papers
Working Paper n.º 63/2022
Demographic ageing: the rigidity of conventional metrics and the need for their revision
Maria João Valente Rosa, FCSH-NOVA & IPRI-NOVA
Working Paper n.º 62/2020
«Literacia do Oceano: Dos Princípios à Década da Ciência do Oceano»
Raquel L. Costa, Bernardo Mata, Patrícia Conceição e Fernanda Silva, Direção-Geral de Política do Mar
IPRI in the News
Rainha morta, Rei e primeira-ministra postos
Bruno Santos Fonseca
Observador | September 30 | 2022
"A aliança entre a Rússia e a China vai reforçar a aliança entre os Estados Unidos e a Europa"
Interview with Carlos Gaspar
Diário de Notícias/ TSF | September 30 | 2022
A ilusão de um novo modelo energético sem competição geopolítica
José Pedro Teixeira Fernandes
Público | September 26 | 2022
Events
Europe-India: Facing Crises Together, From the Pandemic to the Ukraine War
Fundação Oriente and IPRI-NOVA, in partnership with the Institut Montaigne and the Ananta Aspen Center, organize this round-table on October 11 at 6PM, where European and Indian experts come together to discuss the state of relations between India and Europe. Admission is free.
Programme «Mapa Mundo»
Every Thursday, at 1.20pm, members of our team discuss the main international events with the journalist Ricardo Alexandre on the radio programme «Mapa Mundo», a partnership between TSF and IPRI-NOVA.
