Brazilian Military Geopolitics and the Security of Critical Infrastructures: the management strategy of a new territorial system

This paper strives to answer the following question: to what extent the geopolitical mindset of the Brazilian Military may influence Jair Bolsonaro’s governmental policy for territorial defense? Whereupon, our goal is to investigate the relationship between the Military's geopolitical practice and discourse and Jair Bolsonaro's government policies for territorial defense. To that effect, our methodology includes bibliographical revision, survey of speeches present in official documents, and data gathering regarding military participation in Jair Bolsonaro's government. The purpose is to examine State militarization and the implementation of Brazil’s Security and Critical Infrastructure program through the regionalization of such structures and the geopolitical discourse of military officials, as well as how this influences territorial formation. The confirmed hypotheses indicate that the Brazilian Military produces thought that elaborates on maintaining political control over territory, especially in reoccurring periods of State militarization and Critical Infrastructures are instruments of this goal.