Shifting Strategic Focus of BRICS and Great Power Competition. Issue 6 (2nd November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Denisov, Igor; Kazantsev, Andrei; Lukyanov, Fyodor; Safranchuk, Ivan
• Is Part Of: Strategic analysis. Volume 43:Issue 6(2019)
• Page Start: 487
• Page End: 498
• Publication Date: 2019-11-02
• Subjects: Military policy -- Periodicals; World politics -- Periodicals; 355.0335
• DOI: 10.1080/09700161.2019.1669888
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0970-0161

Abstract

Abstract: This article builds on extensive debates on the role of BRICS in world order. But instead of focusing on BRICS' impact on the world order, the article takes a different methodological approach. It traces how much the evolution of BRICS' rational was prompted by changes of the international system and Russia's and China's grand strategies. The key finding is that the BRICS does not determine major world developments, but acclimatizes to the evolving international situation. Particular attention is paid to how the BRICS has adapted to the rise of great power politics and competition in recent years.