This book gives a new compelling meaning to the metaphor of Global South against the background of the global political challenge to international order, driven not only through the BRICS grouping, but also by the activities of middle powers striving to alter the political status quo.
This book gives a new compelling meaning to the metaphor of Global South against the background of the global political challenge to international order, driven not only through the BRICS grouping but also by the activities of middle powers striving to alter the political status quo.
Expert contributors highlight the interplay between politics, economy, and security, offering insights into how the Global South perceives and responds to pivotal events like the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2008 Financial Crisis. They uncover how non-Western countries interpret and react to these turning points, and explore a diverse array of interests, values, and political behaviours often misunderstood in the West. The volume also examines whether initiatives from the Global South can reshape global governance institutions, influence the existing structures, and provide a historical and philosophical context to understand the continuities and changes in global governance.
Ideal for scholars and students, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the rise and influence of the Global South, BRICS, global governance, and the evolving international system.
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List of Tables
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
PART I
Introduction
Connecting Embedded Conceptual Debates and Zeitenwende: The Trajectory of
International Order from the Perspective of the Global South
MAREK REWIZORSKI AND ANDREW F. COOPER
PART II
Global South, Continuity and Change: Global Trends and Perspectives
1. Southern World Order? How the Domestic Politics of the BRICS Countries and
Russias Ukraine War Shape Global Governance
STEFAN A. SCHIRM
2. From Pluralism to Contested Pluralism in Global Governance
JONATHAN LUCKHURST
3. Contesting Institutional Design from a Global South Perspective: The
Debate over Big and Small Membership from Bandung to the BRICS/NDB
ANDREW F. COOPER
4. Bound to Abstain? The BRICS Response to the Russia-Ukraine Crisis
MAREK REWIZORSKI
5. The Responses of Emerging Global South Powers to the Russian Invasion of
Ukraine: Implications for the Global Distribution of Power
JAKUB ZAJCZKOWSKI AND SAROJ KUMAR ARYAL
6. Whose Norms and Values: Contestation or Compliance? The Emerging Global
South Powers Towards Norms and Principles on the Use of Force in
International Relations
DOROTA HEIDRICH
PART III
Global South, Continuity and Change: Regional/National Trends and
Perspectives
7. BRICS and Their Influence in South America: The Costs and Risks of a Lack
of Leadership
JUAN CARLOS LADINES AZALIA AND NIALL DUGGAN
8. China and the Evolution of the BRICS New Development Bank
JIEJIN ZHU
9. Brazil and the Challenges of Global Governance in the Face of the Rise of
the Global South: Continuities, Hesitations, and the Quest for Leadership
WILLIAM DALDEGAN AND CARLOS EDUARDO CARVALHO
10. Global (Dis)order and Indias Quest for Global South Leadership: An
Initial Survey
SHANTANU CHAKRABARTI
11. Indonesia's Middle Power Diplomacy during COVID-19: A Multi-pronged
Approach
RANDY W. NANDYATAMA, IRFAN ARDHANI AND RIZKY ALIF ALVIAN
12. Lost in Ambiguity: Georgia's Stance towards the Russian Invasion of
Ukraine
ARKADIUSZ MODRZEJEWSKI, LASHA BAZHUNAISHVILI AND ZVIAD ABASHIDZE
13. Transformative Times: Saudi Arabia's Evolving Foreign Policy Amid Global
Crises
WOJCIECH GRABOWSKI
14. Investment Agreement in Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and Regional
Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Implication in Greater Mekong Subregion
(GMS)
PORNCHAI WISUTTISAK AND SANG CHUL PAR
Marek Rewizorski is a political scientist and lawyer, Professor at the Institute of Political Science, and Head of the Department of Global and Regional Studies at the University of Gdask. Principal investigator in research grants SONATA (2011-2014) and OPUS (2017-2020) awarded by the National Science Centre in Poland, member of EISA and ISA, expert of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) and National Centre of Science (NCN), visiting researcher at the European University Institute in Florence (June 2018).
Andrew F. Cooper is University Research Chair, Department of Political Science, and Professor, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo, Canada. From 2004 to 2010 he was Associate Director and Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). Holding a D.Phil. from Oxford University, he was a Fulbright Research Chair, Annenberg Center on Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California in 2009, the Léger Fellow, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada in 1993-1994, as well as Visiting Professor, International Relations and Governance Studies Department, Shiv Nadar University, India, in January-February 2O19. In 2019 he was the first recipient of the Distinguished Studies Award, Diplomatic Studies Section, International Studies Association.
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