Emerging powers and statusthe case of the first Brics summit

Resumo

Why did the leaders of four very different countries-Brazil, Russia, India, and Chinadecide to hold a summit in 2009 in Yekaterinburg, thus transforming 'the BRICs' from a financial category into a political grouping? I argue that the main driver for the first summit to take place and succeed was to strengthen each member country's international status. The 2009 BRICs summit was successful in that it led to the birth of a political platform during highly unusual international economic and political circumstances. In a global economy in the midst of a recession and widespread uncertainty, the BRICs' relative economic stability and capacity to respond to the crisis was decisive and lent credibility to their call for reform of the international system. The United States' temporarily reduced legitimacy also provided a window of opportunity for emerging powers to act as aspiring guarantors of stability in tomorrow's world. While measureable gains from cooperation and stronger rhetoric that delegitimized the global order did occur in the following years, they were not the primary drivers for the first summit to take place and succeed.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2014

Instituição

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Não informado

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/17520

Temas

Economia

Palavras-chave

Emerging powersGlobal economyBRICSCiência políticaPaíses do BRICSGlobalização - Aspectos econômicos