ALBERTO FRANCO NOGUEIRA’S DIPLOMACY: GUARDING THE IMPERIAL HERITAGE
Journal: SCIENTIFIC NOTES OF V.I. VERNADSKY CRIMEAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY. PHILOSOPHY. POLITICAL SCIENCE. CULTUROLOGY
Volume 11 № 77
, 2025
Rubrics: POLITICAL SCIENCE
Authors:
1.
V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University
Type:
Article
Pages:
from 104
to 120
Status:
Published
Received:
11.07.2025
Accepted:
11.07.2025
Published:
11.07.2025
Subject area:
UDC 32
Language:
Russian
Keywords:
Portuguese foreign policy, diplomacy, overseas territories, decolonisation, lusotropicalism, the concept of ‘three Africas’, Alberto Franco Nogueira, Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, John F. Kennedy.
Abstract (English):
The article deals with the peculiarities of foreign policy views and diplomatic style of the Portuguese Foreign Minister in 1961-1969. Alberto Franco Nogueira (1918-1993).Nogueira fully shared and defended in the international arena the ideal of a multiracial andpluricontinental Portugal as a sovereign state pursuing an independent path of development based on ‘lusotropicism’. He believed that the loss of overseas territories (at least the main ones — Angola and Mozambique) would be fatal for Portugal’s destiny, as it would jeopardise its independence, reduce Portugal ’s national power in relation to Spain and Europe, and prevent it from maintaining its economic and cultural influence in the world. On this basis, the article reveals the argumentation of Franco Nogueira in defence of the foreign policy position of Salazar Portugal during the acute phase of the diplomatic crisis in its relations with the administration of US President J. Kennedy.
The article deals with the peculiarities of foreign policy views and diplomatic style of the Portuguese Foreign Minister in 1961-1969. Alberto Franco Nogueira (1918-1993).Nogueira fully shared and defended in the international arena the ideal of a multiracial andpluricontinental Portugal as a sovereign state pursuing an independent path of development based on ‘lusotropicism’. He believed that the loss of overseas territories (at least the main ones — Angola and Mozambique) would be fatal for Portugal’s destiny, as it would jeopardise its independence, reduce Portugal ’s national power in relation to Spain and Europe, and prevent it from maintaining its economic and cultural influence in the world. On this basis, the article reveals the argumentation of Franco Nogueira in defence of the foreign policy position of Salazar Portugal during the acute phase of the diplomatic crisis in its relations with the administration of US President J. Kennedy.
Keywords:
Portuguese foreign policy, diplomacy, overseas territories, decolonisation, lusotropicalism, the concept of ‘three Africas’, Alberto Franco Nogueira, Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, John F. Kennedy.
Portuguese foreign policy, diplomacy, overseas territories, decolonisation, lusotropicalism, the concept of ‘three Africas’, Alberto Franco Nogueira, Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, John F. Kennedy.
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