ABSTRACT

The article aims at investigating how do mechanisms of bureaucratic politics contribute to the decision of deploying troops and in so doing to mold the national motivations underscoring the deployment. The text takes Brazil as a case and researches the decision-making process in the country, using past cases of deployments that actually happened. The bulk of the analysis, however, is dedicated to the negative case where Brazil decided not to contribute to the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). The analysis provides a breakdown of the 2017–2018 domestic political and bureaucratic decision-making process in Brazil as regards the possibility of deploying troops to MINUSCA and traces the mechanisms in action that resulted in the negative decision by the government. Based on the case of Brazil, considerations are made on the importance of investigating negative scenarios to better understanding how developing countries, such as the BRICS, value the motivations and ultimately decide to contribute to a UN mission.

摘要

本文旨在研究官僚政治机制如何影响部署军队的决策，并以此塑造强调部署的国家动机。文本以巴西为例，利用过去实际发生的部署案例研究该国的决策过程。然而，大部分分析都针对巴西决定不向联合国中非共和国多层面综合稳定团（MINUSCA）捐款的负面案例。分析提供了 2017-2018 年巴西国内政治和官僚决策过程的细分，涉及向中非稳定团部署部队的可能性，并追溯导致政府做出负面决定的行动机制。