Francisco Martínez, ed, Politics of recuperation: Repair and recovery in post-crisis Portugal, London and New York, Bloomsbury, 2020, pp. 256

Book review of Francisco Martínez, ed, Politics of recuperation: Repair and recovery in post-crisis Portugal, London and New York, Bloomsbury, 2020, pp. 256.Recensione del libro di Francisco Martínez, ed, Politics of recuperation: Repair and recovery in post-crisis Portugal, London and New York, Bloomsbury, 2020, pp. 256

Towards a transformative governance of the Amazon

The crises of the Anthropocene can neither be confronted incrementally nor through short-term, reductionist strategies. As the risk of severe, irreversible socioecological damage increases, transformative change towards achieving long-term sustainability becomes ever-pressing. Against this backdrop, we explore how transformative governance can help strengthen ecosystem resilience, empower vulnerable communities and ensure sustainable development in the Amazon. The article starts by briefly reviewing the concept of transformative governance, arguing that it provides an adequate framework for thinking about and responding to the challenges of the Anthropocene. It then looks at how extant governance practices are destroying and fragmenting the Amazon, eroding the resilience of regional ecosystems. It proceeds by investigating how the Andes-Amazon-Atlantic Corridor, a transnational project aligned with the normative commitments and operational principles of transformative governance, aimed at protecting, restoring and building socioecological connectivity in the region, can offer an alternative pathway for Amazonian development in the new geological epoch

Good-bye, Lenin! Hello, Putin! O discurso geoidentitário na política externa da nova Rússia

Resumo Neste artigo explora-se o processo de co-constituição dos referentes identitários e geopolíticos pós-soviéticos como fundamento discursivo da política externa de Putin. Analisa-se ainda o papel que o discurso geo-identitário desempenha, desde 2000, na justificação da recomposição do espaço pós-soviético e reclamação de uma nova ordem internacional. Metodologicamente, recorre-se à dialética entre “grande” (high) e “pequena” (low) geopolítica com o objetivo de destacar a interdependência entre as narrativas nacionais produzidas pelo poder político e pela sociedade. Conclui-se que a plasticidade e o hibridismo da gramática simbólica russa permitiram definir uma política externa pragmática e assertiva, mobilizada para a recuperação do estatuto internacional da Rússia e a consolidação da coligação de interesses liderada por Putin. Palavras-chave: política externa da Rússia; espaço pós-soviético; Destino Manifesto; eurasianismo; Putin.   Abstract In this article we set out to explore the mutual constitution of post-soviet identity and geopolitical referents serving as the discursive ground for Putin’s foreign policy. We further explore the role of the geo-identitarian discourse in justifying the recomposition of the post-Soviet space after 2000 and the promotion of a new international order. Methodologically, we resort to a dialectics of sorts between “high” and “low” geopolitics in order to uncover the interdependence of national narratives produced by political power (top-down) and society (bottom-up). We come to the conclusion that the plasticity and hybridity of the Russian symbolic grammar has allowed Putin to define a pragmatic and assertive foreign policy intent both on regaining international status for Russia and consolidating the domestic coalition of interests led by him. Keywords: Russian foreign policy; post-Soviet space; Manifest Destiny; eurasianism; Putin