Сравнительная политика (Jul 2015)

THE ROLE OF BRICS IN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

  • E. V. Koldunova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18611/2221-3279-2014-5-1(14)-60-64
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1(14)
pp. 60 – 64

Abstract

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Currently the phenomenon of BRICS group became a highly disputed issue in the expert society. One general approach tends to see BRICS as just a group of states united superficially in the analysis of the international relations on the basis of their economic indicators. Consequently, according to this view, there is no real reason for the coordinated actions of these states on the global arena. Another view, on the contrary, stresses the potential of BRICS to become a new mechanism of global governance. Despite the divergence in the development models each state in this group has a rising economic profile and influential positions in the respective regions. The proposed paper aims to review critically various approaches to the role of BRICS in the transformation of global governance system, analyze prospects of and challenges to the expansion of such a role and assess the possible implications for the international relations at global and regional levels.

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