What is it about?
The article focuses on relations between Hungary and Brazil from the 1960s till the 1980s, emphasizing their similar, semi-peripheral position in world economy despite their ideological rivalry. I explain that the perception of each other as dependent economies on the superpowers (the Soviet Union and the United States, respectively) led to attempts at reinforcing economic relations, although they belonged to different (Western and Eastern) blocs during the Cold War.
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Why is it important?
There is little existing work on the history of Cold War relations between states of the Eastern and Western bloc. Cold War research focuses on US-Soviet rivalry, paying little attention to the economic links 'beyond' the bipolar order.
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This article contributes to the understanding of semi-periphery position in the world, especially the economic constraints shaping the foreign relations of these countries. Similarities in political and economic characteristics of Latin America and East Central Europe are valid till today.
Bernadett Lehoczki
Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem
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This page is a summary of: Cold War Relations between Hungary and Brazil from a Semi-Peripheral Perspective (1960–1980), East Central Europe, November 2021, Brill Deutschland GmbH,
DOI: 10.30965/18763308-48020005.
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