A Política Externa Brasileira e o Etanol: Um Exercício de Planejamento Estratégico 1 The Brazilian Foreign Policy and the Ethanol: An Exercise of the Strategic Planning

This paper tries to show that before the internationalization of ethanol, as an input which partially substitutes fossil fuel, a balance must be done in order to examine the real conditions of the Brazilian national power, a set of items that when well handled by the group responsible for the strategic fundaments, can contribute to international insertion –qualifying insertion, enabling the State to achieve relevance on the world stage.