How representative are BRICS?

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    Abstract

    The five countries known as brics, while not homogeneous in interests, values, and policy preferences, do have a common interest in checking US/Western power and influence through collaboration with non-Western powers. They vary considerably but all are ahead of other developing countries on population, military power, economic weight, geopolitical clout, and global reach and engagement. They are unrepresentative of the typical developing country in terms of interest, capacity, and resources, but they can represent the interests and goals of developing countries as a group on those issues for which the North–South division is salient. The diversity within brics, their differences from other developing countries, and their potential to reflect and represent the global South are explored with respect to climate change, finance, trade, aid, human rights and intervention, and development. It remains unclear whether brics can morph from a countervailing economic grouping to a powerful political alternative.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationEmerging Powers and the UN
    Editors Weiss, Thomas G., and Abdenur, Adriana Erthal
    Place of PublicationLondon and New York
    PublisherRoutledge
    Pages0-0
    ISBN (Print)9781138947320
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016

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