Fernando Brancoli

Associate Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in International Relations, Defense and Security, and Political Risk Analysis at both the Institute of International Relations and Defense (IRID-UFRJ) and the COPPEAD Graduate School of Business. He also serves as a professor in the MBA in International Relations at the Getulio Vargas Foundation, lecturing across their campuses in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Brasília. Dr. Brancoli is a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies (SPSS) in Princeton (2021-2023) and an Associated Researcher at the Orfalea Center for Global Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His recent publications include "Bolsonarismo: The Global Origins and Future of Brazil’s Far Right" (Rutgers University Press, 2023) and "The Tropical Silk Road: The Future of China in South America" (co-authored with Paul Amar and Lisa Rofel, Stanford University Press, 2022). He has authored over a dozen articles published in peer-reviewed journals like Contexto Internacional, Brasiliana, and Security in Context. As a prominent Brazilian public intellectual, Dr. Brancoli's work has been featured in Al Jazeera, CNN, Le Monde Diplomatique, Los Angeles Times, Globo, and Folha de São Paulo. He regularly participates in political debates on Brazil's largest television networks, including Rede Globo and CNN Brasil, and has been invited to boards at the Brazilian Senate and the Foreign Affairs Ministry.