Adriana Erthal Abdenur (PhD Princeton, AB Harvard) is a fellow at Instituto Igarapé and collaborating researcher at the Brazilian Naval War College. She is also a consultant for the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and sits on the Advisory Board of the Department of Political Affairs’ internal reviews for field-based conflict prevention and resolution. Her work focuses on the role of rising powers in development cooperation, international security, and global governance, especially within the UN and the BRICS.