How Does BRICS Affect The International System
CHAPTER I : STATE OF INTERNATIONAL ORDER
Introduction
If the last century was the famously proclaimed, “American Century” – this one is the Asian Century with India and China as its main players. After World war II the international order was shaped with USA and the Soviet Union as competing super-powers and the lesser powers of UK, France and China as adjuncts. The ideological conflict of democracy versus communism shaped the contours of the new order, the open rivalry between the two super powers manifesting itself in wars through their proxies in Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, Algeria and finally Afghanistan . (14)
Over the last 25 years, there have been a number of significant political, military, and economic events profoundly impacting international …show more content…
The growth and progress has been so alarming for the West that many in the West are worried as to what extent BRICS can really shift the order of global politics. The current progress of BRICS narrates that its growth is southward. Mexico and Indonesia are being considered to be in the club. Future expansion proposals suggest entry of Egypt; this will have greater continental representation. There is optimism that BRICS share a vision for inclusive growth and prosperity in global politics through the South-South dialogue. The Durban summit collectively agreed to push BRICS to become “a full-fledged mechanism of current and long-term coordination on a wide range of key issues of the world economy and politics”. BRICS is currently acting more as a ‘pressure group’ in order to maximise the claim and share of the developing world. Nevertheless, the very existence and rapid rise of BRICS remains a constant reminder of the declining supremacy of the USA, indicating that an order in power shift is underway currently at the broader global level. In the view of Jeffrey Sachs, the rise of BRICS is an integral part of this shift in that ‘the BRICS have made it unfeasible for any one country to be a global leader’. The shift is from a ‘unipolar world’ led by the USA to a ‘multipolar world’ where there are a range of power blocs like the USA, EU, BRICS and other smaller powers that matter in global
Introduction
If the last century was the famously proclaimed, “American Century” – this one is the Asian Century with India and China as its main players. After World war II the international order was shaped with USA and the Soviet Union as competing super-powers and the lesser powers of UK, France and China as adjuncts. The ideological conflict of democracy versus communism shaped the contours of the new order, the open rivalry between the two super powers manifesting itself in wars through their proxies in Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, Algeria and finally Afghanistan . (14)
Over the last 25 years, there have been a number of significant political, military, and economic events profoundly impacting international …show more content…
The growth and progress has been so alarming for the West that many in the West are worried as to what extent BRICS can really shift the order of global politics. The current progress of BRICS narrates that its growth is southward. Mexico and Indonesia are being considered to be in the club. Future expansion proposals suggest entry of Egypt; this will have greater continental representation. There is optimism that BRICS share a vision for inclusive growth and prosperity in global politics through the South-South dialogue. The Durban summit collectively agreed to push BRICS to become “a full-fledged mechanism of current and long-term coordination on a wide range of key issues of the world economy and politics”. BRICS is currently acting more as a ‘pressure group’ in order to maximise the claim and share of the developing world. Nevertheless, the very existence and rapid rise of BRICS remains a constant reminder of the declining supremacy of the USA, indicating that an order in power shift is underway currently at the broader global level. In the view of Jeffrey Sachs, the rise of BRICS is an integral part of this shift in that ‘the BRICS have made it unfeasible for any one country to be a global leader’. The shift is from a ‘unipolar world’ led by the USA to a ‘multipolar world’ where there are a range of power blocs like the USA, EU, BRICS and other smaller powers that matter in global