Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional (Jan 2014)

South-South relations and the English School of International Relations: Chinese and Brazilian ideas and involvement in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Joseph Marques,
  • Anthony Spanakos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7329201400209
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 57, no. spe
pp. 138 – 156

Abstract

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The rise of large developing countries has led to considerable discussions of re-balancing global relations and giving greater priority to understanding South-South relations. This paper, in exploring the central ideas of Chinese and Brazilian foreign policy and the behavior of these two rising Southern countries toward Sub-Saharan Africa, argues that the English School of International Relations is well suited to understanding the intentions and actions that characterize South-South relations.

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