The BRICS Plus Challenge and Emerging Hierarchical Multilateralism

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ID6188769
AuthorsJoel Ng (0000-0002-5625-8612, Nanyang Technological University S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Singapore Singapore, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume30
Issue2
Pages270-287
Publication date2024-08-21
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Governance A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1075-2846 • E-ISSN: 1942-6720
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/19426720-03002005
OpenAlexW4401835822
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited15

The expansion of “BRICS Plus” indicates a more explicitly hierarchical world order. The putative equality of nation-states enshrined through the UN General Assembly’s one state–one vote formula is increasingly being eroded by neglect or through the emergence of unequal multilateral formats where rising powers have accorded themselves greater primacy in the new structures because of failures to gain greater shares of power or responsibility in global institutions. However, a more explicitly power-based order that dispenses with putative sovereign equality will be more unstable as the primary power-sorting mechanism will tend toward conflict. This article therefore calls for urgent reform for sustaining the multilateral rules-based order underpinned by the United Nations

Economics · International law · Law and economics · Multilateralism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public international law · Sovereignty · Treaty · Computer Science · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law

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