de transformação e que assim, por conseguinte, também o constitui. Nesse sentido, o fim
da Guerra Fria não é somente motor das mudanças no perfil de inserção externa do Bra-
sil. As mudanças no perfil de inserção externa são também o fim da Guerra Fria no Bra-
sil.
Ainda que esse tema seja discutido com mais propriedade mais à frente, desde já
vale chamar a atenção para os processos de descentralização política, abertura econômica
e acomodação sobre temas internacionais de atrito pelos quais passaram no fim dos anos
1980 não só a União Soviética mas também os países do Leste Europeu sob a batuta de
Moscou.
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Processo semelhante ocorre no Brasil da mesma época nos três terrenos cita-
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