1st Edition

India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum (IBSA) The Rise of the Global South

By Oliver Stuenkel Copyright 2014
198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

198 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The establishment of the IBSA as one of the principal platforms of South-South cooperation is one of the most notable developments in international politics during the first decade of the twenty-first century. While the concept is now frequently referred to in discussions about the Global South, there has not yet been a comprehensive and scholarly analysis of the history of the IBSA grouping and... Read more

Introduction, 1. The history of IBSA: first steps, 2. Towards institutionalization, 3. IBSA’s institutional structure, 4. Does IBSA matter?, 5. The politics of South-South cooperation: towards a new paradigm?, 6. IBSA: rising democracy promoters?, 7. Conclusion

Biography

Oliver Stuenkel is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) in São Paulo, where he coordinates the São Paulo branch of the School of History and Social Science (CPDOC) and the executive MBA program in International Relations. He is also a non-resident Fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin. His research focuses on rising powers; specifically on Brazil’s, India’s and China's foreign policy and on their impact on global governance.