International security
Threats, securitization, and the dynamics of (in)security in the contemporary international system.
International Relations · PUC Minas
Cristiano
Garcia Mendes
Professor of International Relations — PUC Minas
Professor and researcher of International Relations. I study how power is constructed through language — from the concept of terrorism to the privatization of war — and I devote part of my life to the protection of animals in Belo Horizonte.
Lines of research
Four threads run through the work — all aimed at understanding how power names, excludes, and administers life.
Terrorism
The discursive construction of the concept of terrorism — an emblematic case: Tony Blair's speeches and the instability of their structures.
Post-structuralism in IR
Critical theory, deconstruction, and critique as repetition; the problematization of the inside/outside boundary that founds the discipline.
Private military companies
The privatization of violence, mercenarism, and the necropower exercised by military companies in fragile states and peace missions.
Featured publications
Recent and most-cited articles.
Belo Horizonte · animal protection
Beyond academia
Cristiano chairs ONG Sexta-feira, dedicated to rescuing and rehoming dogs and cats in Belo Horizonte. But here the protagonist is another: the animal.
How to help the animals