ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses Brazil's relations with the United States with special attention to the 2002-2014 periods. The chapter examines the factors that influenced the relocation of actors, interests, and perceptions concerning the USBrazilian relationship. The prospects for US Brazilian relations going forward depend on two developments: the domestic effects of economic policies implemented during the Rousseff administration and the political will on the part of both countries to use Rousseff's 2015 visit to Washington as a launch pad for renewed cooperation. Brazil has pursued a foreign policy with worldwide reach in order to promote change to consolidate a multipolar world order. It seeks changes in the conceptual toolkit of global governance organizations as well as their internal organization. A more certain area of Brazil's foreign policy is the country's ambitions to consolidate its presence in global governance institutions and the importance of a fluid dialogue with other emerging powers. Brazil has also maintained its efforts to reform core global governance organizations.
