PhD student in Politics at the ISCSP of the University of Lisbon; Master’s in international Relations, Security and Defense, Institute of Political Studies of the Portuguese Catholic University, and graduate in International Relations by the same institution. A Professor of Portuguese Language and Culture at the Normal University of Beijing (China), he collaborated with the Embassy of Portugal in that city for the promotion of the Portuguese language and as an examiner of CAPLE language proficiency exams. He has authored articles in publications and magazines both in international relations and related to the teaching of Portuguese; he has also taught classes and lectures at a distance to several institutions, namely the Catholic University of Mozambique, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL) and ISCED Open University.
PhD in International Relations from the School of Social Sciences and Humanities of NOVA University of Lisbon, master also in International Relations by the ISCSP of the Technical University of Lisbon, and graduate in International Studies by the School of Economics and Social Sciences of the Central University of Venezuela. Associate Professor at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (Portugal), where she is the Scientific Coordinator of the Degree in International Relations; she is Coordinator to the Advanced Course of Studies on Latin America, organized by UAL and the Institute of National Defense; and Coordinator of the Chair of Ibero-American Studies, a partnership by the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) and UAL. She is an Integrated researcher at the Center for International Studies of ISCTE-IUL as well and has authored several scientific publications in national and international journals and is an occasional commentator on issues related to Latin American countries in the media. Furthermore, she is the Director of the Delegation of the Ibero-American University Foundation (FUNIBER) in Portugal and has worked as a Consultant in the Education and Scholarship Service of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
The Covid-19 pandemic as a global threat has made it possible to gain a dynamic perspective on the behavior of States, and some light on the new international scenario. In this context, it has become clear that People's Republic of China (PRC) and the West are competitors in more than one area, and that it will be necessary to cooperate with the Asian giant for global stability/balance. In this article, we propose a retrospective (historical) look at the centralized State of China, and then characterize the current regime in that country. In the context of Chinese theories of International Relations, we propose to develop the concept of tianxia as a guide for the definition of a political strategy, considering the criticisms and limitations to the application of that same concept. Still in the pandemic context, we propose a reading of the political actions taken by the Chinese regime. The study of tianxia, whatever international scenario is set, may help us to understand some of the historical foundations of what PRC is today.
