The North-South Security Dialogue in Brazil's Technology Policy

Abstract

During much of the Cold War era, the West kept critical advanced technology from flowing east for fear of the military threat such technology might pose to international security. With the end of the Cold War, attention has turned to the North-South dimension Armed Forces & Society/Sprin 1995 of technology flows and its implications for international security. This emerging security dialogue between technology suppliers and recipients has as its roots the rapid industrial development of certain Third World countries after World War II, and this article examines how Brazil fits into this North-South dialogue. Its main objective is to uncover the dynamic of Brazilian technological development and explore how that has affected its security relations with the United States.