ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates the Zone of Peace and Cooperation in the South Atlantic (ZOPACAS), an initiative originally launched in 1986 through the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). It provides a brief overview of how the bulk of the literature has dealt with Global South institutions. The chapter looks more specifically at the role of rising powers, focusing on the case of Brazil and its interests within the South Atlantic. It explores three specific traits of ZOPACAS: its original conception during the late Cold War period; Brazil's role in its revitalization phase; and the chief limitations originating from its partial institutionalization. Like other Southern organizations of its time, ZOPACAS brought together a large number of hitherto disconnected states through shared rejection of imperial and colonial dominance. The chapter acknowledges some implications for the study of inter-regionalism and international organizations in the South, while pointing out how their position in the multilateral system can be mapped and analyzed.
