Relationship dossier

Australia Brazil

Relationship assessment

Australia and Brazil maintain a cooperative partnership, including agreements on strategic and scientific cooperation.

Australia toward Brazil

+25

Australia has engaged Brazil through a bilateral strategic partnership and an agreement supporting scientific and technological cooperation.

Brazil toward Australia

+25

Brazil has engaged Australia through the bilateral strategic partnership and an agreement supporting scientific and technological cooperation.

Overall relationship

+25

The relationship has a cooperative bilateral framework, including a strategic partnership and an agreement on scientific and technological cooperation. These arrangements indicate sustained engagement, although their practical scope and implementation are unclear.

How to read these scores

Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.

−100
Extreme sustained hostility
−50
Substantially adversarial
0
Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
+50
Substantially cooperative
+100
Exceptionally close sustained partnership

“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.

Relationship context

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

Australia and Brazil have built a cooperative bilateral relationship through a strategic partnership and agreements supporting scientific and technological cooperation. Their engagement also takes place through broader international forums, though those alone do not establish the strength of bilateral ties. The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation are not fully clear.

Key developments

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