Gustavo de Carvalho
@gustavobcarvalho.bsky.social
International Relations Analyst/Consultant: Global South geopolitics, peace and security, and multilateralism. Also part-time at SAIIA and PhD @WitsUniversity.
Ep. 1 of @SAIIA_info's new series World in Flux is live!
South Africa’s foreign policy in a fragmented world: balancing global powers while protecting its autonomy. What are your thoughts on SA’s non-alignment?
#geopolitics #globalsouth #SouthAfrica #foreignpolicy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXNh...
South Africa’s foreign policy in a fragmented world: balancing global powers while protecting its autonomy. What are your thoughts on SA’s non-alignment?
#geopolitics #globalsouth #SouthAfrica #foreignpolicy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXNh...
South Africa’s Foreign Policy: Balancing the US, China, and Russia | SAIIA World in Flux Ep. 1
YouTube video by South African Institute of International Affairs
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September 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Ep. 1 of @SAIIA_info's new series World in Flux is live!
South Africa’s foreign policy in a fragmented world: balancing global powers while protecting its autonomy. What are your thoughts on SA’s non-alignment?
#geopolitics #globalsouth #SouthAfrica #foreignpolicy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXNh...
South Africa’s foreign policy in a fragmented world: balancing global powers while protecting its autonomy. What are your thoughts on SA’s non-alignment?
#geopolitics #globalsouth #SouthAfrica #foreignpolicy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXNh...
After a year of work, Ep. 1 of SAIIA's new series World in Flux is live 🌍
🎥 South Africa’s foreign policy in a fragmented world: balancing the US, China & Russia while protecting its autonomy. What are your thoughts on SA’s non-alignment?
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXNh...
🎥 South Africa’s foreign policy in a fragmented world: balancing the US, China & Russia while protecting its autonomy. What are your thoughts on SA’s non-alignment?
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXNh...
South Africa’s Foreign Policy: Balancing the US, China, and Russia | SAIIA World in Flux Ep. 1
YouTube video by South African Institute of International Affairs
www.youtube.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:38 AM
After a year of work, Ep. 1 of SAIIA's new series World in Flux is live 🌍
🎥 South Africa’s foreign policy in a fragmented world: balancing the US, China & Russia while protecting its autonomy. What are your thoughts on SA’s non-alignment?
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXNh...
🎥 South Africa’s foreign policy in a fragmented world: balancing the US, China & Russia while protecting its autonomy. What are your thoughts on SA’s non-alignment?
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXNh...
Many of us spent decades of us pretending we had found ways to manage international affairs (some even calling we had reached the end of history at some point, lol). We thought that institutions and interdependence would save everyone. But then, boom, we suddenly realise that:
a woman is smiling and saying this is the bad place .
ALT: a woman is smiling and saying this is the bad place .
media.tenor.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Many of us spent decades of us pretending we had found ways to manage international affairs (some even calling we had reached the end of history at some point, lol). We thought that institutions and interdependence would save everyone. But then, boom, we suddenly realise that:
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The cover is here! 🎉 Thrilled to share the design for The Making of International Status—coming out soon with Oxford University Press @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
Can’t wait for this to be out in the world!
Can’t wait for this to be out in the world!
July 31, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The cover is here! 🎉 Thrilled to share the design for The Making of International Status—coming out soon with Oxford University Press @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
Can’t wait for this to be out in the world!
Can’t wait for this to be out in the world!
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🚨 New from Global Souths Hub: 🖋️ @gustavobcarvalho.bsky.social, reflects on @isanet.bsky.social 2025 #ISA2025, critiquing how IR’s dominant theories fail to grasp today’s global contradictions & why #GlobalSouth perspectives are essential to rethinking the field👇 buff.ly/t3QP818
Global IR’s Unfinished Revolution: Empire of Theory, Periphery of Practice - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB
In March 2025, I attended my first International Studies Association (ISA) conference in Chicago. As a Brazilian researcher based in South Africa and Senior Researcher at the South African Institute…
globalsouth.org
May 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🚨 New from Global Souths Hub: 🖋️ @gustavobcarvalho.bsky.social, reflects on @isanet.bsky.social 2025 #ISA2025, critiquing how IR’s dominant theories fail to grasp today’s global contradictions & why #GlobalSouth perspectives are essential to rethinking the field👇 buff.ly/t3QP818
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Why is the #GlobalSouth still at the periphery of IR practice despite growing diplomatic influence? The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)'s Senior Researcher, @gustavobcarvalho.bsky.social, revisits the unfinished revolution in global affairs👇 buff.ly/7b9CFyS
July 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Why is the #GlobalSouth still at the periphery of IR practice despite growing diplomatic influence? The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)'s Senior Researcher, @gustavobcarvalho.bsky.social, revisits the unfinished revolution in global affairs👇 buff.ly/7b9CFyS
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Missed our latest #GIGAForum? Catch up now with the in-depth analysis on the outcomes of the 2025 #BRICSSummit by Mihaela Papa @mit-cis.bsky.social sky.social, @gustavobcarvalho.bsky.social, Damyana Bakardzhieva & #GIGA's @mjph.bsky.social.
➡️ Watch full video: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/gi...
➡️ Watch full video: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/gi...
BRICS in Action: A Deep Dive into the Outcomes of the 2025 Summit
This GIGA Forum brings together four experts to dissect the highlights and outcomes of the 17th BRICS Summit in Brazil. With perspectives spanning longstanding and newer BRICS members, the panel explo...
www.giga-hamburg.de
July 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Missed our latest #GIGAForum? Catch up now with the in-depth analysis on the outcomes of the 2025 #BRICSSummit by Mihaela Papa @mit-cis.bsky.social sky.social, @gustavobcarvalho.bsky.social, Damyana Bakardzhieva & #GIGA's @mjph.bsky.social.
➡️ Watch full video: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/gi...
➡️ Watch full video: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/gi...
I am pleased to share my latest publication with @ifri.bsky.social, "Middle Power Lawfare: South Africa’s International Justice and the Gaza Crisis". I argue that SA's legal activism is about solidarity with Palestine but also about reaffirming its identity as a Global South middle power.
July 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I am pleased to share my latest publication with @ifri.bsky.social, "Middle Power Lawfare: South Africa’s International Justice and the Gaza Crisis". I argue that SA's legal activism is about solidarity with Palestine but also about reaffirming its identity as a Global South middle power.
Fui citado pelo @oglobo.globo.com sobre a estratégia do Brasil para evitar que a agenda do BRICS seja interpretada como uma oposição direta a Trump. Mesmo com a pressão do presidente americano, a ideia de operar com moedas locais não será resolvida de forma rápida
oglobo.globo.com/economia/not...?
oglobo.globo.com/economia/not...?
Brasil quer evitar que agenda do Brics seja vista como contrária a Trump
Em abril, sherpas e chanceleres se reunirão no Rio, para preparar agenda da cúpula de chefes de Estado, em julho; focos serão comércio e defesa do multilateralismo
oglobo.globo.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Fui citado pelo @oglobo.globo.com sobre a estratégia do Brasil para evitar que a agenda do BRICS seja interpretada como uma oposição direta a Trump. Mesmo com a pressão do presidente americano, a ideia de operar com moedas locais não será resolvida de forma rápida
oglobo.globo.com/economia/not...?
oglobo.globo.com/economia/not...?
Na última semana, enquanto estava no Rio de Janeiro, participei do podcast "Por que a África do Sul incomoda a Casa Branca?" do Mundioka. Debatemos as relações, desafios e oportunidades entre os Estados Unidos e a África do Sul. Ouçam aqui!
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open.spotify.com/episode/4bnk...
#589 Por que a África do Sul incomoda a Casa Branca?
Mundioka · Episode
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April 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Na última semana, enquanto estava no Rio de Janeiro, participei do podcast "Por que a África do Sul incomoda a Casa Branca?" do Mundioka. Debatemos as relações, desafios e oportunidades entre os Estados Unidos e a África do Sul. Ouçam aqui!
open.spotify.com/episode/4bnk...
open.spotify.com/episode/4bnk...
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The U.S. expelled South Africa’s ambassador
#Washington says it’s about land reform, but the real reason is South Africa’s stance on Gaza
With #AGOA trade benefits at risk, #SouthAfrica must decide: with the West or deepen ties with #BRICS?
youtu.be/UbTu0j3yNJc @gustavobcarvalho.bsky.social
#Washington says it’s about land reform, but the real reason is South Africa’s stance on Gaza
With #AGOA trade benefits at risk, #SouthAfrica must decide: with the West or deepen ties with #BRICS?
youtu.be/UbTu0j3yNJc @gustavobcarvalho.bsky.social
BRICS Under Pressure: Prof. de Carvalho on US-South Africa Tensions [2025]
YouTube video by Think BRICS
youtu.be
March 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The U.S. expelled South Africa’s ambassador
#Washington says it’s about land reform, but the real reason is South Africa’s stance on Gaza
With #AGOA trade benefits at risk, #SouthAfrica must decide: with the West or deepen ties with #BRICS?
youtu.be/UbTu0j3yNJc @gustavobcarvalho.bsky.social
#Washington says it’s about land reform, but the real reason is South Africa’s stance on Gaza
With #AGOA trade benefits at risk, #SouthAfrica must decide: with the West or deepen ties with #BRICS?
youtu.be/UbTu0j3yNJc @gustavobcarvalho.bsky.social
Se você estiver em Brasília amanhã (02/04), participe do IREL Talks – “BRICS 2025: Dinâmicas Geopolíticas e Oportunidades para o Sul Global”, parceria entre SAIIA, UnB e IPEA. Discutiremos discutir a presidência do BRICS, sua expansão e o papel do Sul Global.
14h, no Auditório do IREL na UnB
14h, no Auditório do IREL na UnB
April 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Se você estiver em Brasília amanhã (02/04), participe do IREL Talks – “BRICS 2025: Dinâmicas Geopolíticas e Oportunidades para o Sul Global”, parceria entre SAIIA, UnB e IPEA. Discutiremos discutir a presidência do BRICS, sua expansão e o papel do Sul Global.
14h, no Auditório do IREL na UnB
14h, no Auditório do IREL na UnB
Last night, I had an interesting discussion with ENCA news on the current status of US-South Africa relations after the expulsion of Amb Rasool last week. Check it out!
www.enca.com/opinion/disc...
www.enca.com/opinion/disc...
Discussion | SA-US Relations | The diplomatic fallout of Rasool expulsion
www.enca.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Last night, I had an interesting discussion with ENCA news on the current status of US-South Africa relations after the expulsion of Amb Rasool last week. Check it out!
www.enca.com/opinion/disc...
www.enca.com/opinion/disc...
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'Expelling Rasool isn’t just erratic—it’s part of an order-transforming process.'
Trenchant and insightful observations from @gustavobcarvalho.bsky.social over on the Other Site on the larger implications of the expulsion of the SA Ambassador to the US.
Trenchant and insightful observations from @gustavobcarvalho.bsky.social over on the Other Site on the larger implications of the expulsion of the SA Ambassador to the US.
x.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
'Expelling Rasool isn’t just erratic—it’s part of an order-transforming process.'
Trenchant and insightful observations from @gustavobcarvalho.bsky.social over on the Other Site on the larger implications of the expulsion of the SA Ambassador to the US.
Trenchant and insightful observations from @gustavobcarvalho.bsky.social over on the Other Site on the larger implications of the expulsion of the SA Ambassador to the US.
🚨 #ISA2025 Reminder!
Don't miss our roundtable "Voices from the Global South: Perspectives on the Evolving Global Order and IR Theory" happening TODAY at 1:45 PM.
A dynamic discussion on Global South perspectives in IR—agency, post-hegemony, and governance.
@globalsouthshub.bsky.social
Don't miss our roundtable "Voices from the Global South: Perspectives on the Evolving Global Order and IR Theory" happening TODAY at 1:45 PM.
A dynamic discussion on Global South perspectives in IR—agency, post-hegemony, and governance.
@globalsouthshub.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🚨 #ISA2025 Reminder!
Don't miss our roundtable "Voices from the Global South: Perspectives on the Evolving Global Order and IR Theory" happening TODAY at 1:45 PM.
A dynamic discussion on Global South perspectives in IR—agency, post-hegemony, and governance.
@globalsouthshub.bsky.social
Don't miss our roundtable "Voices from the Global South: Perspectives on the Evolving Global Order and IR Theory" happening TODAY at 1:45 PM.
A dynamic discussion on Global South perspectives in IR—agency, post-hegemony, and governance.
@globalsouthshub.bsky.social
Are you attending #ISA2025 in Chicago? 🎓 I’m excited to be part of two panels discussing Global South perspectives, African agency, and shifting global dynamics. Let’s connect! 🧵👇
March 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Are you attending #ISA2025 in Chicago? 🎓 I’m excited to be part of two panels discussing Global South perspectives, African agency, and shifting global dynamics. Let’s connect! 🧵👇
BRICS' expansion to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the UAE, and Indonesia marks a strategic shift in global power dynamics. In our latest @SAIIA_info paper, @SanushaNaidu and I analyse these developments. Read more:
saiia.org.za/research/bri...
saiia.org.za/research/bri...
BRICS Expansion: Redefining Global Structural Power in a Changing World Order
The expansion of BRICS to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the UAE marks a pivotal moment in the group’s evolution, reflecting broader shifts in the world order.
saiia.org.za
February 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
BRICS' expansion to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the UAE, and Indonesia marks a strategic shift in global power dynamics. In our latest @SAIIA_info paper, @SanushaNaidu and I analyse these developments. Read more:
saiia.org.za/research/bri...
saiia.org.za/research/bri...
UN votes on Ukraine show shifting alliances. European abstentions on UNSC Resolution 2774 expose Western divisions, while General Assembly votes highlight the Global South’s concerns over geopolitics and the lack of diplomatic solutions.
🔗 saiia.org.za/research/un-...
🔗 saiia.org.za/research/un-...
saiia.org.za
February 27, 2025 at 6:22 AM
UN votes on Ukraine show shifting alliances. European abstentions on UNSC Resolution 2774 expose Western divisions, while General Assembly votes highlight the Global South’s concerns over geopolitics and the lack of diplomatic solutions.
🔗 saiia.org.za/research/un-...
🔗 saiia.org.za/research/un-...