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What to expect from Brazilianization?

Analysts predict Brazil will become an even stronger cultural force. What should we anticipate?

Pedro Barbalho
Southern Winds
5 min readJan 9, 2025

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The line of Asimov

Greece was initially a peripheral region in the Mediterranean but eventually became an empire.

Then Rome, once a periphery, rose to become an empire.

Later, France, Spain, and Portugal followed.

After them came the UK, and eventually the United States.

A chronological pattern can be observed among these countries, showing that peripheral regions often become significant centers of power in the future.

When Isaac Asimov, famous science fiction writer, wrote Foundation, he followed this logic, situating the future of a highly complex galactic empire in its periphery.

This line of reasoning is taken seriously by experts. WikiLeaks revelations showed that Brazil is the country most frequently spied on by the United States.

Scholars such as Michael Lind, Saskia Sassen, Mike Davis, and Chris Stirewalt see Brazil as a promising periphery with potential for future prominence in different areas like architecture, urban planning, culture, and economic innovation.

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Southern Winds
Southern Winds

Published in Southern Winds

Every place, no matter where, has its own southern narrative: the unheard voices of the world’s overlooked regions.

Pedro Barbalho
Pedro Barbalho

Written by Pedro Barbalho

Brazilian postgraduate student in logic and metaphysics. pedro.barbalho@ufrj.br

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