Bruno Theodoro Luciano
Biographic Data
| ID | 339975 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bruno Theodoro Luciano |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bruno Theodoro |
| FAMILY NAME | Luciano |
| SIGNATURE | LUCIANO B T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1276-6076 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
State Recognition, Conflict and International Parliaments
Busting the Myth of Convergence Between the EU and LAC Countries
Politicians and scholars have often considered Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean as like‐minded, natural partners, characterized not only by historical and cultural ties, but also by shared values and principles. This article aims to test the extent to which EU‐LAC convergence is a reality by comparing the agreement between both regions in multilateral arenas. Specifically, we explore the similarity in roll‐call votes and cosponsorship o…
Variations in Design, But Similar Effects
This article provides a comparative study on the spaces for social participation in different Latin American regional organizations. Departing from an institutionalist approach, we review the structures, processes, and outcomes of civil society participation in regional governance in three representative regional projects—the Andean Community, The Southern Common Market, and the Central American Integration System. The objective of this article i…
EU-LAC inter-regionalism as a driver to achieve the environmental Sustainable Development Goals
This article assesses how environmental issues have been incorporated into the strategic association between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean. It analyses whether the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals are reflected in the EU-CELAC declarations, and what bi-regional programmes and projects have been developed in relation to the environmental SDGs. The analysis shows how the environment has become a key priorit…
Regional Parliaments and Democratic Crises
This article aims to examine regional parliaments of two prominent regional organisations in South America (Southern Common Market) and Western Africa (Economic Community of West African States), by focusing on their performance in the agenda of democracy protection. We comparatively assess the performance of regional parliamentary agents in contributing to the mediation and conflict resolution in cases of democratic breakdown as well as the cond…
Ideology or indifference? Comparing the effects of ideological cohesion and great power involvement in Latin American regionalism
Given the sharp electoral swings in Latin America in the last twenty years and ensuing effects on regional cooperation, current literature has emphasized the importance of presidential ideology for regional institutionalization in this part of the world. This focus on domestic and regional factors, however, ignores the role played by extra-regional forces, notably the involvement of external powers; an increasingly salient variable in the current…
Beyond parliamentary ratification
This article aims to assess how national and subnational parliaments have engaged with recent trade negotiations, by examining how they have been responding to the conclusion of the Association Agreement with the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), agreed in principle in June 2019. It argues that – even though the executives from both sides have reached an initial agreement – national and some subnational parliamentary actors have been playing a k…
EU-LAC Inter-regionalism during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown a variety of responses from countries of the two regions, ranging from denialism to regional health cooperation. This article aims to assess how these reactions have impacted European Union (EU) and Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) inter-regional relations, considering multiple and sometimes incompatible approaches taken by national and regional actors. The article contends that the existence of contrasting appro…
Regional (dis)integration beyond governments
The aim of this article is to analyse the involvement of civil society in regional integration organizations through a comparative analysis of social/civil society channels in the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). We seek to analyse the level of openness and the trajectory of both blocs in relation to civil society participation. The instruments and strategies employed by civil society actors…
Liquid Regionalism
The American continent has seen the emergence of regional processes in the last 30 years, characterized by the emergence of new blocs, but also quite different projects. Faced with the new global and regional dynamics observed in the decade of 2010, this article argues that regionalism in the Americas has experienced a new wave in recent years, which we characterize as Liquid Regionalism, given the fluidity, informality and limited institutional …
Collective Recognition and Regional Parliaments
This study explores whether and how regional parliaments facilitate collective state recognition, a question that has been overlooked within a literature that focuses more on recognition by individual states or international organizations more generally. We do that through a scoping exercise of how regional parliaments of four major international organizations (AU, CoE, EU, OSCE) have responded to past and present contested statehood efforts that…
Para Além Do Comércio
No marco dos trinta anos do Mercado Comum do Sul (Mercosul), o presente artigo busca elucidar e discutir como o bloco contribuiu, desde sua formação, com a estabilidade democrática e a promoção da paz regional. Embora a agenda comercial tenha relevância na conformação desse projeto e seja sua face pública mais visível, a criação do Mercosul foi fundamental para distensionar a área de segurança e defesa entre os países do bloco, buscando sepultar …
Regionalism in the Global South
The aim of this article is to analyse the performance of regionalism in the Global South through a comparative analysis of Mercosur and Ecowas with regard to the trade and democracy protection agendas, by contrasting their institutional design and regional leadership concerning the two issues. Firstly, it analyses the evolution of intra-regional trade as well as the trade agenda of each bloc concerning international negotiations with other states…
A Clash between Creature and Creator? Contemporary Relations between the Pan‐African Parliament and the European Parliament
This article assesses EU–Africa inter‐regionalism and the reception of EU norms by African actors, by investigating the relations between the European Parliament (EP) and the Pan‐African Parliament (PAP). By exploring this interparliamentary dialogue, the article draws attention to the contradictions of African perceptions on European integration, which is simultaneously seen as an inspiration and a neo‐imperialist project. The EP was considered …
Parlamentos regionais nas negociações comerciais
As negociações Mercosul-UE são tradicionalmente analisadas pela perspectiva dos governos. O objetivo deste artigo é discutir o papel e a relevância dos parlamentos regionais nessas negociações, que perduram mais de 20 anos. A análise verifica se a existência de um parlamento regional amplia as discussões sobre as negociações e influi no andamento destas, considerando o período entre 1999 e 2017. O artigo analisa as posições dos parlamentares em r…
Understanding EU’s strategic partnerships in Latin America
Research on the EU-Brazil and EU-Mexico strategic partnerships are still scarce in the academia. In this context, this paper aims to contribute to the academic literature by briefly revisiting the process of establishment of each one of these relationships and assessing the main challenges with which they are currently faced. Moreover, it presents a comparative analysis of both relationships, increasing our understanding of ‘strategic partnership…
A Comunidade Andina no século XXI
Introdução O principal objetivo deste trabalho é analisar a Comunidade Andina no contexto do regionalismo latino-americano do século XXI. Após contextualizar a inserção da Comunidade Andina a partir da perspectiva do desenvolvimento de um regionalismo pós-hegemônico no princípio deste século, o estudo tem como objetivos apresentar e discutir o atual estado institucional e político do processo de integração andino. Métodos Para o estudo da Comunid…
The parliamentarization of EU trade policy
Over the past decades the European Parliament (EP) has achieved a prominent position in the European Union’s decision-making process. Although EP consent has been a requirement for the final approval of EU trade agreements since the Treaty of Lisbon, its role in the process of negotiating these agreements remains unclear. In order to illustrate this context with a case study, we will investigate the ongoing trade negotiations between the EU and t…
The Deposition of Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo and its repercussions in South American regional organizations
In June 2012, the Paraguayan Parliament executed a procedure that removed President Fernando Lugo from office. Since 1993, only two presidents have completed their mandates, Juan Carlos Wasmosy (1993-1998) and Nicanor Duarte Frutos (2003-2008). With the exception of the latter, all elected presidents have faced either successful or attempted coups, mostly organized by the military. In the case of Lugo, South American governments reacted by suspen…
A comparative analysis of regionalism in the Global South
The aim of this article is to compare Unasur and the African Union with regard to their institutional structure, agenda and performance. Although some scholars have made comparative assessments of regional institutions in the same region or comparisons between regional projects worldwide and the European Union, there are still few academic contributions which develop a cross-regional comparison among regional initiatives from different regions of…
Inter-parliamentary European Union–Latin American Caribbean (EU-LAC) relations and the increasing political convergence among Latin American regional parliaments (2006–15)
Europe and Latin America present a long-standing tradition of parliamentary diplomacy and particularly in the development of regional parliaments. Since the 1970s, inter-parliamentary relations between the two regions have been institutionalized, first by the regular dialogue of the European Parliament with the Latin American Parliament (Parlatino) and more recently, in 2006, with the creation of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (Eu…
A comparative reassessment of regional parliaments in Latin America
The present article assesses and compares the MERCOSUR Parliament, the Andean Parliament, and the Latin American Parliament as instruments to insert political representation and parliamentarians in their respective integration projects. It is argued that the development of regional parliaments in Latin America, however, has not produced substantial changes in regional decision-making processes, which remain the exclusive domain of intergovernment…
Regionalism as an Instrument
This article aims to understand the basic characteristics of regionalism in Brazilian foreign policy. For this purpose, it goes over the recent history of Brazilian involvement in regional trade and security arrangements in South America. It also examines the manner in which economic uncertainties, brought about by the 2008–2009 global financial crisis, affected Brazilian foreign policy towards its region. Based on this historical analysis, it de…
Liquid Regionalism
The American continent has seen the emergence of regional processes in the last 30 years, characterized by the emergence of new blocs, but also quite different projects. Faced with the new global and regional dynamics observed in the decade of 2010, this article argues that regionalism in the Americas has experienced a new wave in recent years, which we characterize as Liquid Regionalism, given the fluidity, informality and limited institutional …
Regionalism as an Instrument
This article aims to understand the basic characteristics of regionalism in Brazilian foreign policy. For this purpose, it goes over the recent history of Brazilian involvement in regional trade and security arrangements in South America. It also examines the manner in which economic uncertainties, brought about by the 2008–2009 global financial crisis, affected Brazilian foreign policy towards its region. Based on this historical analysis, it de…
Regionalism in the Global South
The aim of this article is to analyse the performance of regionalism in the Global South through a comparative analysis of Mercosur and Ecowas with regard to the trade and democracy protection agendas, by contrasting their institutional design and regional leadership concerning the two issues. Firstly, it analyses the evolution of intra-regional trade as well as the trade agenda of each bloc concerning international negotiations with other states…
The parliamentarization of EU trade policy
Over the past decades the European Parliament (EP) has achieved a prominent position in the European Union’s decision-making process. Although EP consent has been a requirement for the final approval of EU trade agreements since the Treaty of Lisbon, its role in the process of negotiating these agreements remains unclear. In order to illustrate this context with a case study, we will investigate the ongoing trade negotiations between the EU and t…
Collective Recognition and Regional Parliaments
This study explores whether and how regional parliaments facilitate collective state recognition, a question that has been overlooked within a literature that focuses more on recognition by individual states or international organizations more generally. We do that through a scoping exercise of how regional parliaments of four major international organizations (AU, CoE, EU, OSCE) have responded to past and present contested statehood efforts that…
Regional (dis)integration beyond governments
The aim of this article is to analyse the involvement of civil society in regional integration organizations through a comparative analysis of social/civil society channels in the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). We seek to analyse the level of openness and the trajectory of both blocs in relation to civil society participation. The instruments and strategies employed by civil society actors…
The Deposition of Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo and its repercussions in South American regional organizations
In June 2012, the Paraguayan Parliament executed a procedure that removed President Fernando Lugo from office. Since 1993, only two presidents have completed their mandates, Juan Carlos Wasmosy (1993-1998) and Nicanor Duarte Frutos (2003-2008). With the exception of the latter, all elected presidents have faced either successful or attempted coups, mostly organized by the military. In the case of Lugo, South American governments reacted by suspen…
Regional Parliaments and Democratic Crises
This article aims to examine regional parliaments of two prominent regional organisations in South America (Southern Common Market) and Western Africa (Economic Community of West African States), by focusing on their performance in the agenda of democracy protection. We comparatively assess the performance of regional parliamentary agents in contributing to the mediation and conflict resolution in cases of democratic breakdown as well as the cond…
Beyond parliamentary ratification
This article aims to assess how national and subnational parliaments have engaged with recent trade negotiations, by examining how they have been responding to the conclusion of the Association Agreement with the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), agreed in principle in June 2019. It argues that – even though the executives from both sides have reached an initial agreement – national and some subnational parliamentary actors have been playing a k…
Ideology or indifference? Comparing the effects of ideological cohesion and great power involvement in Latin American regionalism
Given the sharp electoral swings in Latin America in the last twenty years and ensuing effects on regional cooperation, current literature has emphasized the importance of presidential ideology for regional institutionalization in this part of the world. This focus on domestic and regional factors, however, ignores the role played by extra-regional forces, notably the involvement of external powers; an increasingly salient variable in the current…
Para Além Do Comércio
No marco dos trinta anos do Mercado Comum do Sul (Mercosul), o presente artigo busca elucidar e discutir como o bloco contribuiu, desde sua formação, com a estabilidade democrática e a promoção da paz regional. Embora a agenda comercial tenha relevância na conformação desse projeto e seja sua face pública mais visível, a criação do Mercosul foi fundamental para distensionar a área de segurança e defesa entre os países do bloco, buscando sepultar …
A Comunidade Andina no século XXI
Introdução O principal objetivo deste trabalho é analisar a Comunidade Andina no contexto do regionalismo latino-americano do século XXI. Após contextualizar a inserção da Comunidade Andina a partir da perspectiva do desenvolvimento de um regionalismo pós-hegemônico no princípio deste século, o estudo tem como objetivos apresentar e discutir o atual estado institucional e político do processo de integração andino. Métodos Para o estudo da Comunid…
A comparative analysis of regionalism in the Global South
The aim of this article is to compare Unasur and the African Union with regard to their institutional structure, agenda and performance. Although some scholars have made comparative assessments of regional institutions in the same region or comparisons between regional projects worldwide and the European Union, there are still few academic contributions which develop a cross-regional comparison among regional initiatives from different regions of…
A comparative reassessment of regional parliaments in Latin America
The present article assesses and compares the MERCOSUR Parliament, the Andean Parliament, and the Latin American Parliament as instruments to insert political representation and parliamentarians in their respective integration projects. It is argued that the development of regional parliaments in Latin America, however, has not produced substantial changes in regional decision-making processes, which remain the exclusive domain of intergovernment…
EU-LAC Inter-regionalism during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown a variety of responses from countries of the two regions, ranging from denialism to regional health cooperation. This article aims to assess how these reactions have impacted European Union (EU) and Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) inter-regional relations, considering multiple and sometimes incompatible approaches taken by national and regional actors. The article contends that the existence of contrasting appro…
Understanding EU’s strategic partnerships in Latin America
Research on the EU-Brazil and EU-Mexico strategic partnerships are still scarce in the academia. In this context, this paper aims to contribute to the academic literature by briefly revisiting the process of establishment of each one of these relationships and assessing the main challenges with which they are currently faced. Moreover, it presents a comparative analysis of both relationships, increasing our understanding of ‘strategic partnership…
Inter-parliamentary European Union–Latin American Caribbean (EU-LAC) relations and the increasing political convergence among Latin American regional parliaments (2006–15)
Europe and Latin America present a long-standing tradition of parliamentary diplomacy and particularly in the development of regional parliaments. Since the 1970s, inter-parliamentary relations between the two regions have been institutionalized, first by the regular dialogue of the European Parliament with the Latin American Parliament (Parlatino) and more recently, in 2006, with the creation of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (Eu…
Regionalism as an Instrument
This article aims to understand the basic characteristics of regionalism in Brazilian foreign policy. For this purpose, it goes over the recent history of Brazilian involvement in regional trade and security arrangements in South America. It also examines the manner in which economic uncertainties, brought about by the 2008–2009 global financial crisis, affected Brazilian foreign policy towards its region. Based on this historical analysis, it de…
Inter-parliamentary European Union–Latin American Caribbean (EU-LAC) relations and the increasing political convergence among Latin American regional parliaments (2006–15)
Europe and Latin America present a long-standing tradition of parliamentary diplomacy and particularly in the development of regional parliaments. Since the 1970s, inter-parliamentary relations between the two regions have been institutionalized, first by the regular dialogue of the European Parliament with the Latin American Parliament (Parlatino) and more recently, in 2006, with the creation of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (Eu…
A comparative reassessment of regional parliaments in Latin America
The present article assesses and compares the MERCOSUR Parliament, the Andean Parliament, and the Latin American Parliament as instruments to insert political representation and parliamentarians in their respective integration projects. It is argued that the development of regional parliaments in Latin America, however, has not produced substantial changes in regional decision-making processes, which remain the exclusive domain of intergovernment…
Understanding EU’s strategic partnerships in Latin America
Research on the EU-Brazil and EU-Mexico strategic partnerships are still scarce in the academia. In this context, this paper aims to contribute to the academic literature by briefly revisiting the process of establishment of each one of these relationships and assessing the main challenges with which they are currently faced. Moreover, it presents a comparative analysis of both relationships, increasing our understanding of ‘strategic partnership…
A Comunidade Andina no século XXI
Introdução O principal objetivo deste trabalho é analisar a Comunidade Andina no contexto do regionalismo latino-americano do século XXI. Após contextualizar a inserção da Comunidade Andina a partir da perspectiva do desenvolvimento de um regionalismo pós-hegemônico no princípio deste século, o estudo tem como objetivos apresentar e discutir o atual estado institucional e político do processo de integração andino. Métodos Para o estudo da Comunid…
The parliamentarization of EU trade policy
Over the past decades the European Parliament (EP) has achieved a prominent position in the European Union’s decision-making process. Although EP consent has been a requirement for the final approval of EU trade agreements since the Treaty of Lisbon, its role in the process of negotiating these agreements remains unclear. In order to illustrate this context with a case study, we will investigate the ongoing trade negotiations between the EU and t…
The Deposition of Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo and its repercussions in South American regional organizations
In June 2012, the Paraguayan Parliament executed a procedure that removed President Fernando Lugo from office. Since 1993, only two presidents have completed their mandates, Juan Carlos Wasmosy (1993-1998) and Nicanor Duarte Frutos (2003-2008). With the exception of the latter, all elected presidents have faced either successful or attempted coups, mostly organized by the military. In the case of Lugo, South American governments reacted by suspen…
A comparative analysis of regionalism in the Global South
The aim of this article is to compare Unasur and the African Union with regard to their institutional structure, agenda and performance. Although some scholars have made comparative assessments of regional institutions in the same region or comparisons between regional projects worldwide and the European Union, there are still few academic contributions which develop a cross-regional comparison among regional initiatives from different regions of…
Parlamentos regionais nas negociações comerciais
As negociações Mercosul-UE são tradicionalmente analisadas pela perspectiva dos governos. O objetivo deste artigo é discutir o papel e a relevância dos parlamentos regionais nessas negociações, que perduram mais de 20 anos. A análise verifica se a existência de um parlamento regional amplia as discussões sobre as negociações e influi no andamento destas, considerando o período entre 1999 e 2017. O artigo analisa as posições dos parlamentares em r…
Regionalism in the Global South
The aim of this article is to analyse the performance of regionalism in the Global South through a comparative analysis of Mercosur and Ecowas with regard to the trade and democracy protection agendas, by contrasting their institutional design and regional leadership concerning the two issues. Firstly, it analyses the evolution of intra-regional trade as well as the trade agenda of each bloc concerning international negotiations with other states…
A Clash between Creature and Creator? Contemporary Relations between the Pan‐African Parliament and the European Parliament
This article assesses EU–Africa inter‐regionalism and the reception of EU norms by African actors, by investigating the relations between the European Parliament (EP) and the Pan‐African Parliament (PAP). By exploring this interparliamentary dialogue, the article draws attention to the contradictions of African perceptions on European integration, which is simultaneously seen as an inspiration and a neo‐imperialist project. The EP was considered …
Regional (dis)integration beyond governments
The aim of this article is to analyse the involvement of civil society in regional integration organizations through a comparative analysis of social/civil society channels in the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). We seek to analyse the level of openness and the trajectory of both blocs in relation to civil society participation. The instruments and strategies employed by civil society actors…
Liquid Regionalism
The American continent has seen the emergence of regional processes in the last 30 years, characterized by the emergence of new blocs, but also quite different projects. Faced with the new global and regional dynamics observed in the decade of 2010, this article argues that regionalism in the Americas has experienced a new wave in recent years, which we characterize as Liquid Regionalism, given the fluidity, informality and limited institutional …
Collective Recognition and Regional Parliaments
This study explores whether and how regional parliaments facilitate collective state recognition, a question that has been overlooked within a literature that focuses more on recognition by individual states or international organizations more generally. We do that through a scoping exercise of how regional parliaments of four major international organizations (AU, CoE, EU, OSCE) have responded to past and present contested statehood efforts that…
Para Além Do Comércio
No marco dos trinta anos do Mercado Comum do Sul (Mercosul), o presente artigo busca elucidar e discutir como o bloco contribuiu, desde sua formação, com a estabilidade democrática e a promoção da paz regional. Embora a agenda comercial tenha relevância na conformação desse projeto e seja sua face pública mais visível, a criação do Mercosul foi fundamental para distensionar a área de segurança e defesa entre os países do bloco, buscando sepultar …
Beyond parliamentary ratification
This article aims to assess how national and subnational parliaments have engaged with recent trade negotiations, by examining how they have been responding to the conclusion of the Association Agreement with the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), agreed in principle in June 2019. It argues that – even though the executives from both sides have reached an initial agreement – national and some subnational parliamentary actors have been playing a k…
EU-LAC Inter-regionalism during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown a variety of responses from countries of the two regions, ranging from denialism to regional health cooperation. This article aims to assess how these reactions have impacted European Union (EU) and Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) inter-regional relations, considering multiple and sometimes incompatible approaches taken by national and regional actors. The article contends that the existence of contrasting appro…
EU-LAC inter-regionalism as a driver to achieve the environmental Sustainable Development Goals
This article assesses how environmental issues have been incorporated into the strategic association between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean. It analyses whether the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals are reflected in the EU-CELAC declarations, and what bi-regional programmes and projects have been developed in relation to the environmental SDGs. The analysis shows how the environment has become a key priorit…
Regional Parliaments and Democratic Crises
This article aims to examine regional parliaments of two prominent regional organisations in South America (Southern Common Market) and Western Africa (Economic Community of West African States), by focusing on their performance in the agenda of democracy protection. We comparatively assess the performance of regional parliamentary agents in contributing to the mediation and conflict resolution in cases of democratic breakdown as well as the cond…
Ideology or indifference? Comparing the effects of ideological cohesion and great power involvement in Latin American regionalism
Given the sharp electoral swings in Latin America in the last twenty years and ensuing effects on regional cooperation, current literature has emphasized the importance of presidential ideology for regional institutionalization in this part of the world. This focus on domestic and regional factors, however, ignores the role played by extra-regional forces, notably the involvement of external powers; an increasingly salient variable in the current…
Busting the Myth of Convergence Between the EU and LAC Countries
Politicians and scholars have often considered Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean as like‐minded, natural partners, characterized not only by historical and cultural ties, but also by shared values and principles. This article aims to test the extent to which EU‐LAC convergence is a reality by comparing the agreement between both regions in multilateral arenas. Specifically, we explore the similarity in roll‐call votes and cosponsorship o…
Variations in Design, But Similar Effects
This article provides a comparative study on the spaces for social participation in different Latin American regional organizations. Departing from an institutionalist approach, we review the structures, processes, and outcomes of civil society participation in regional governance in three representative regional projects—the Andean Community, The Southern Common Market, and the Central American Integration System. The objective of this article i…
State Recognition, Conflict and International Parliaments
Political science (21 works) · International Development and Aid (17 works) · Politics (17 works) · Economics (12 works) · International Relations in Latin America (12 works) · Law (12 works) · Law (10 works) · European union (9 works) · International trade (9 works) · Sociology (9 works)