1st Edition
The BRICs Superpower Challenge Foreign and Security Policy Analysis
By Kwang Ho Chun
Copyright 2013
242 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
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In an imaginative and interesting way, Kwang Ho Chun seeks to capture the dynamics of the changing international system and the prospects for a change in the international distribution of power. The idea that new superpowers could rise and that some of the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) could be such superpowers, is particularly intriguing and the main idea explored in this study. In... Read more
Part I Background; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Concept of Superpower; Part II The BRICs: Political Relations, Foreign Policy and Military Power; Chapter 3 Introduction to Part II; Chapter 4 Brazil; Chapter 5 Russia; Chapter 6 India; Chapter 7 China; Chapter 8 The BRICs and International Security; Chapter 9 Summary of Part II; Part III Projecting the Future: The BRICs Factor and Future International Power Relations; Chapter 10 Introduction to Part III; Chapter 11 Brazil; Chapter 12 Russia; Chapter 13 India; Chapter 14 China; Chapter 15 The BRICs as a Bloc: Their Collective Role in Shaping Future Geopolitics; Chapter 16 Are there Prospects of the BRICs Being the Next Superpower?; Part IV Conclusions; Chapter 17 Conclusions;
Biography
Professor Kwang Ho Chun is Deputy Vice-President for International Affairs and Dean of the Faculty of International Studies at Chonbuk National University, Korea.
’This is an excellent book on the role of the BRIC countries in the transformation of the geopolitical and diplomatic landscape. It enriches our understanding of foreign affairs and global governance by examining the imbalance of power and unrepresentative global organization to handle crises and security problems.’ Luc Reychler, University of Leuven, Belgium
