Brics Group as an Actor of World Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22201990 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ksenia Muratshina (0000-0001-7952-6299, corresponding author), K G Muratshina |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 423-437 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Вестник Удмуртского университета Социология Политология Международные отношения (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2587-6163 • E-ISSN: 2587-9030 |
| Publisher | Udmurt State University (PUBLISHER • RU) |
| DOI | 10.35634/2587-9030-2020-4-4-423-437 |
| OpenAlex | W3115859277 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
This paper analyzes the self-positioning of the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) in world politics. The author has studied BRICS multilateral documents, addressed to the rest of the world, from 2009 to 2019, the documents related to summits procedure, and the related news archives of the international mass media. By means of discourse analysis, the paper traces the collective view of the group on the international issues, the changes in the group’s self-representation, and the reasons for them. The author concludes that, in spite of legally being not an intergovernmental organization, but a forum, BRICS still has a joint and consolidated position on many international issues, which is being outlined in the group’s multilateral documents. Shared views cover such issues as the reform of international financial institutions, the reform of the United Nations Organization, the regional conflicts in Africa and in the Middle East, the need for increase in representation of the Global South in international financial institutions, the international struggle against terrorism and other security threats. In addition, since 2013, BRICS has carried out annual (except for 2019) joint meetings with non-BRICS countries during its summits. In 2013-2016, there were BRICS meetings with the representatives of the chair country’s region. In 2018, there were two meetings held: “BRICS plus” summit with the leading countries of the international institutions of the Global South, and “BRICS outreach” summit with regional leaders. In 2020, both formats were planned, too. Therefore, we can observe the group’s self-positioning as an actor of world politics, however, at the same time, this trend largely depends on the priorities of the chair country every year. Each of the member countries has its own view of the group, and each tries to fulfill its own needs. Probably, the group would be fully self-represented as a world politics actor, if the states’ foreign policies were more consolidated. Yet, they do not reach complete consensus, because of the divergent national interests. This research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (grant No 18-18-00236)
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |