NATIONAL DEFENSE POLICY AND STRATEGY: AN ANALYSIS OF ITS EVOLUTION FROM 2008 TO 2019 (Atena Editora)

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the evolution of the National Defense Policy and Strategy (PND - END) in Brazil, from 2008 to 2020, with a view of strategy and public policy, mapping its strengths and weaknesses and correlating them with the internal and external scenario to the country. The focus of the mapping will be the connection of these points with Aerospace Power in all its elements. Among the elements of the Aerospace Power, which will be analyzed, we can mention the Brazilian Air Force (FAB), the Aerospace Industry and Civil Aviation. As for its objective, the research will be descriptive and exploratory. As for the research techniques, it will be bibliographic and documentary, with a quantitative and qualitative approach. To map the positive and negative factors, the research will use the Swot Matrix technique. However, due to the limitation of the text, the research will highlight the points considered most relevant and that can also be related to the declaratory policy versus the policy practiced, whether in the external field or in the budget issue. Regarding the external field, a brief approach to the Grotian tradition of foreign policy practice by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE). As a theoretical framework, the research will use, among others, authors such as Peter Drucker on the issue of strategy as public management; Thomas G. Mankley on aspects of military strategy; Francis Fukuyama in the aspects of the international scenario; and João P. S. Alsina Júnior and José Luis Fiori regarding the connection with declaratory policy and practiced policy.