Antonio Patriota on Brazil

Antonio Patriota, Brazil's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, discusses Brazil’s role in the global order with Foreign Affairs Editor Gideon Rose. Explore our Brazil coverage here.

This interview has been edited and condensed. A rush transcript is below.

Gideon Rose: Let me start you off with some big questions, there is a global liberal order that has been led by the United States and into which countries such as Brazil have been taking increasingly prominent roles. Do you see that liberal order as one that Brazil wants to join or do you see some other kind of order