Director of IPRIS.

Areas of Expertise
Portuguese Foreign Policy, Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP), Timor-Leste, Guinea-Bissau, Maghreb, IR Theory, Transition and Consolidation of Democracy, Democratic Peace.

Education
B.A. International Relations, Lusíada University (Portugal), M.A. Political Science and International Relations, Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium).

Work in Progress
"Lusophonia and the Continued Centrality of the Portuguese-Speaking Community"
"Maghreb: IV Pillar of the Portuguese Foreign Policy?"

Recent and Forthcoming Publications
Paulo Gorjão and Pedro Seabra, "Portugal and Angola: Ties that bind?" (IPRIS Policy Brief, No. 4, July 2010).

Paulo Gorjão and Pedro Seabra, "Cape Verde's role as a bridge builder: Is there political substance beyond the rhetoric?" (IPRIS Lusophone Countries Bulletin, No. 8, June 2010).

Paulo Gorjão, "Guinea-Bissau: The Inescapable Feeling of Déjà Vu" (IPRIS Policy Brief, No. 2, April 2010).

Paulo Gorjão, "Portugal and the Security Council: Is This Seat Taken?" (IPRIS Policy Brief, No. 1, April 2010).

Paulo Gorjão, "O Islamismo radical na Europa: O caso da Bósnia" (Segurança & Defesa, No. 12, December 2009/February 2010): 66-76.

Paulo Gorjão and Diogo Noivo, "Untying Guantánamo's knot: A Portuguese contribution" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 5, September 2009).

Piotr Maciej Kaczynski (rapporteur), Paulo Gorjão et al. (contributors), "Politically Weakened Institution: Views from National Perspectives on the European Commission 2004-2009" (EPIN, 2009).

Paulo Gorjão and André Monteiro, "Is Timor-Leste a Failed State?" (Portuguese Journal of International Affairs, No. 1, Spring 2009): 12-21.

Op-Eds
Paulo Gorjão, "A Europa é o recreio dos deuses?" (i, 2 July 2010): 33.

Paulo Gorjão, "Portugal e Espanha: As bodas de prata na União Europeia" (Sapo.pt, 11 June 2010).

Paulo Gorjão, "O dilema da integração" (Diário Económico, 11 June 2010): 20.

Paulo Gorjão, "Squaring the circle in Guinea-Bissau" (IPRIS Lusophone Countries Bulletin, No. 7, May 2010): 2-3.

Paulo Gorjão, "Portugal and China: Prospects of an unsymmetrical partnership" (IPRIS Lusophone Countries Bulletin, No. 6, April 2010): 3-4.

Paulo Gorjão, "Portugal and the gas market of the South" (IPRIS Lusophone Countries Bulletin, No. 5, March 2010): 4-5.

Paulo Gorjão, "EUA e Médio Oriente: estratégia em colapso?" (i, 17 March 2010): 35.

Paulo Gorjão, "Brasil: Um player em crescente afirmação mundial" (Diário Económico, 16 March 2010): 23.

Paulo Gorjão, "O luxo do tempo e a falsa escolha islandesa" (Diário Económico, 5 March 2010): 24-25.

Paulo Gorjão, "Lusophone countries must devise a grand strategy towards the Security Council" (IPRIS Lusophone Countries Bulletin, No. 4, February 2010): 6-7.

Paulo Gorjão, "A NATO e o Afeganistão em 2010" (Diário Económico, 27 February 2010): 26-27.

Paulo Gorjão, "The end of a cycle: Rebalancing and redefining of Portugal's foreign policy" (IPRIS Lusophone Countries Bulletin, No. 3, January 2010): 5-6.

Paulo Gorjão, "Is oil Angola's goose that lays golden eggs?" (IPRIS Lusophone Countries Bulletin, No. 2, December 2009): 1-2.

Paulo Gorjão, "Timor Leste: An amnesty is needed, once and for all" (IPRIS Lusophone Countries Bulletin, No. 1, November 2009): 4.

pgorjao@ipris.org