The mortar of the BRICS: the untold narrative of a Political Alliance / A argamassa dos BRICS: a narrativa não contada de uma Aliança Política

Authors

  • Rafael Cordovil de Souza Almeida

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34117/bjdv7n5-657

Keywords:

BRICS and International Politics, The BRICS Alliance, BRICS Soft Balancing Strategy.

Abstract

The article argues that the BRICS is a political alliance. In order to comprehend the BRICS as a political alliance, one has to distinguish the difference between the master narrative of the BRICs from what is being hereby denominated the political narrative of the BRICS. The master narrative was fabricated by Jim O’Neill in 2001 and is vastly discussed in the economics’ literature, while the political narrative, despite being under edification has its origin traced to the 61st UN General Assembly session that took place on September 23rd 2006. It was only in 2006 when the states that compose the BRICs declared openly its desire to gain power in the international arena in order to attempt to redesign the balance of world politics. The addition of South Africa in 2011 supports the alliance’s geopolitical stance on international politics. The main mortar of the BRICS is founded on the fear that any power may pursue its national interests by acting unilaterally as the alliance perceives unilateralism as a behavior that jeopardizes the post World War II order, and consequently, may also threaten security of the members of the BRICS. This is the main logic behind the BRICS discourse.

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2021-06-07

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Almeida, R. C. de S. (2021). The mortar of the BRICS: the untold narrative of a Political Alliance / A argamassa dos BRICS: a narrativa não contada de uma Aliança Política. Brazilian Journal of Development, 7(5), 53558–53572. https://doi.org/10.34117/bjdv7n5-657

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