Livia Milani is a PhD candidate in International Relations at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and holds a MA and BA in International Relations from São Paulo State University (UNESP) where she is also a lecturer. Livia’s research aims to analyze the U.S. foreign policy in South America, with specific focus on Brazil and Argentina.

Her research centers on the first fifteen years of the 21st century and on themes of international security. LIvia’s hypothesis is that the ‘global war on terror’ did not mean U.S. Negligence towards South America. Even though the MIddle East was the priority, the diplomatic and military bureaucracy kept working to maintain U.S. hegemony in the hemisphere. The reformation of the Inter-American Defense system, with a greater emphasis on transnational threats, also mattered as a way of promoting U.S. security views to Latin American Countries.

Recent Publications:

• Milani, Livia Peres. O governo de Barack Obama e à -guerra às drogas-: mais continuidade que mudanças. MERIDIANO 47 (UNB), v. 18, p. 1-12, 2017
• Soares, S. A. ; Milani, L. P. . Kirchnerismo e Lulismo na construção de uma identidade em Defesa e Segurança Internacional entre Argentina e Brasil. Relaciones internacionales (La Plata), v. 50, p. 227-245, 2016.
• Milani, L. P.. Entre o Nacional e o Regional: Cooperação em Defesa e Concepções de Identidade Nacional na Argentina e no Brasil. REVISTA NEIBA – CADERNOS ARGENTINA-BRASIL, v. 5, p. 1, 2016.
• Milani, L. P.. A Cooperação Regional Desde Uma Perspectiva Argentina: Mudanças De Concepção E Reações Frente A Projetos Brasileiros. Boletim de Economia e Política Internacional, v. 21, p. 45-59, 2015.