Regional Dimensions of BRICS Cooperation
https://doi.org/10.46272/2587-8476-2022-13-1-66-82
Abstract
Since the beginning, BRICS has been viewed as an element of global governance system. Recently, however, it became necessary to adapt the BRICS format to the new challenges of the world system, not only at the global, but also at the regional levels, as a result of which not only global cooperation mechanisms, but also regional ones, were involved in the activities of the BRICS. BRICS-initiated regional outreach practices and “BRICS+” format are aimed at expanding partnerships, the socalled “circle of friends” of the BRICS, both within the BRICS subregions and beyond. These partners include as national states, as regional organizations. Both formats are focused on reforming the global fi nancial and economic system and the formation of a polycentric world order based on the principles of pluralism and diversity, involving not only developed but also developing countries of the “Global South” in the global governance system. The purpose of this article is to consider various approaches to the study of the BRICS from the standpoint of the theories of “new” and “comparative” regionalism and to assess the prospects for regional interaction of the BRICS countries at the level of subregional, interregional and transregional ties.
Keywords
BRICS,
“BRICS+”,
“outreach”,
regionalism,
interregionalism,
trensregionalism,
global governance,
regional governance
Supporting agencies: The research was carried out with the fi nancial support of the RFBR and the German Research Community within the framework of the scientifi c project No. 21-514-1201 “Theory of world institutions: dynamics of their internal environment, external environment and organizational role in world politics”.
About the Author
M. L. Lagutina
St. Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Competing Interests:
Russian Federation
Maria L. Lagutina, Dr. in Political Science, Professor of World Politics Department, School of International Relations
191060, St Petersburg, Smolny st., 1/3, entrance 8
Competing Interests:
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author
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Lagutina M.L. Regional Dimensions of BRICS Cooperation. Journal of International Analytics. 2022;13(1):66-82. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.46272/2587-8476-2022-13-1-66-82
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