The Role of BRICS in Large-Scale Armed Conflict

This book explores how BRICS countries respond to, and get involved in, large scale armed conflict. It argues that through responding to armed conflict and deviating from the preferred Western foreign policy, BRICS countries are actively involved in building a multi-polar and post-western world order. The author develops a concise typology of response types portraying a nuanced picture of the BRICS grouping. Responses reach from non-coercive and cooperative multi-lateral behaviour reaching to neo-imperial unilateralism and military intervention. The book explains the selection of response types with reference to six variables which refer to the proximity to war, availability of power resources, the type of conflict, economic interests, the BRICS normative agenda and global humanitarian norms. Four armed conflicts in Libya, Syria, South Sudan and the Ukraine are chosen to illustrate the BRICS engagement with large scale armed conflicts.

Considers how the influence of BRICS plays out in situation of crisis and how BRICS countries respond to armed conflict Finds that BRICS are more likely to respond with coercive means if armed conflict is in relative proximity and power capabilities are readily available to be used Develops a typology in the cases of four armed conflicts in Libya, Syria, South Sudan and the Ukraine

Auteur

Malte Brosig is Associate Professor in International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, South Africa

Contenu

1. Chapter 1: Introduction: The BRICS Global Order Between Transition and Coexistence.- 2. Chapter 2: Theoretical Framework: Modelling BRICS Response to Armed Conflict.- 3. Chapter 3: Libya: From R2P to Regime ChangeThe BRICS Awakening.- 4. Chapter 4: Syria: The World Order Unchallenged or Power Politics Above All Else?.- 5. Chapter 5: Ukraine: Moving Borders Changing Orders?.- 6. Chapter 6: South Sudan: BRICS Active Mediator or Bystander to Conflict?.- 7. Chapter 7: Conclusion: The BRICS Order in the Making