{"id":20960,"date":"2017-02-28T08:55:54","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T13:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=20960"},"modified":"2019-03-27T10:29:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T14:29:40","slug":"security-studies-alumnus-joins-office-brazilian-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/security-studies-alumnus-joins-office-brazilian-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Studies Alumnus Joins Office of Brazilian Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20961 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/02\/Degaut-Pontes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"278\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/politicalscience\/people\/degaut-marcos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marcos Degaut Pontes<\/a> \u201916 was in the first graduating class of the security studies doctoral program at the University of Central Florida. Less than a year after his spring 2016 graduation, Degaut Pontes was named the Deputy Special Secretary for Strategic Affairs of the Presidency in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>His duties include helping to formulate the country\u2019s defense, foreign, and development policies and integrating them into a strategic framework. According to Degaut Pontes, UCF provided what he needed to prepare for this position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that the security studies\u2019 pioneering program provided unmatched infrastructure, support and facilities, as well as experienced faculty who are well-known in the field,\u201d said Degaut Pontes. \u201cI am confident that the program equipped me with the more sophisticated tools to think critically and analytically about world affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Degaut Pontes\u2019 dissertation, <em>Ideas, Beliefs, Strategic Culture, and Foreign Policy: Understanding Brazil\u2019s Geopolitical Thought, <\/em>examined how rising powers, such as Brazil, historically behaved, reacted and constructed a discourse that constrained and motivated its decisions, explained its actions and legitimized its behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Degaut Pontes\u2019 hard work during his time at UCF didn\u2019t go unnoticed. He was recognized with the 2015 Honorable Mention for the Department of Political Science Graduate Teaching Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Degaut Pontes is eager to continue applying his knowledge to real-world issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can contribute, to some extent, in crafting Brazil\u2019s foreign, security and development policies, which is hard but fascinating and a worthwhile task,\u201d Degaut Pontes expressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marcos Degaut Pontes \u201916 was in the first graduating class of the security studies doctoral program at the University of Central Florida. Less than a year after his spring 2016 graduation, Degaut Pontes was named the Deputy Special Secretary for Strategic Affairs of the Presidency in Brazil. 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