The conference will be held a the Fundação Getulio Vargas, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro and is co-sponsored by the Fundação Getulio Vargas and the Regional Powers Network. The Regional Powers Network is a three-year research programme of research on regional powers that brings together the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg, the Centre for International Studies at Oxford University and Sciences-Po in Paris.
