EDITOR'S NOTE

Abstract

In its twentieth edition, Austral: Brazilian Journal of Strategy & International Relations celebrates its tenth anniversary. Initially, there is a balance of the activities of the Journal, consolidated with a focus on SouthSouth Academic Cooperation and an independent posture. Below is a sequence of four articles that analyse aspects of China’s global projection, two of which also include Russia, at a time when the Biden administration exerts even greater pressure on both countries than that of former President Trump. The next seven articles address Defence and International Security Studies, with texts that provide an academic review of Security Studies, Naval Power, export of defense products, the role of NATO, Obama’s policy towards the East Middle and North Africa and on the role of the UN in the fight against terrorism in West Africa. It ends with an additional updated text on the South African political crisis.