ABSTRACT

The military and diplomacy would be two sides of a coin, two means of following the national interest. Regarding the security-development nexus, that should not be different: soldiers and diplomats are subordinate to the governments to which they respond. This article aims to compare how the nexus is articulated by Brazilian diplomacy and armed forces in official speeches and documents. The main hypotheses are that (1) a great deal of congruence is to be expected, and (2) different audiences would require Foreign and Defence Ministries to shape the security-development nexus differently. To investigate these hypotheses, the article relies on combined content and discourse analysis. The results indicate that the security-development nexus is differently articulated by diplomacy and the military, depending on their audiences and objectives.

摘要

军事和外交是一个硬币的两面，是遵循国家利益的两种手段。关于安全与发展的关系，情况也不应该有所不同：士兵和外交官都服从于他们所响应的政府。本文旨在比较巴西外交和武装部队在官方演讲和文件中如何阐明这种关系。主要假设是：（1）预计会有很大程度的一致性，（2）不同的受众会要求外交部和国防部以不同的方式塑造安全与发展的关系。为了研究这些假设，本文结合了内容和话语分析。结果表明，外交和军事对安全与发展关系的阐述不同，具体取决于其受众和目标。