Future of the BRICS and the Role of Russia and China
By Junuguru Srinivas
London: Palgrave Macmillian, 2022, 198 pages, €129.99, ISBN: 9789811911149
Russia, BRICS, and the Disruption of Global Order
By Rachel S. Salzman
Washington: Georgetown University Press, 2019, 200 pages, $104.95, ISBN: 9781626166608
The Role of BRICS in Large-Scale Armed Conflict: Building a Multi-Polar World Order
By Malte Brosig
London: Palgrave Macmillian, 2019, 205 pages, €69.99, ISBN: 9783030185367
Introduction
The BRICS grouping —comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, United Arab Emirates, and Indonesia— has an increasingly significant role in contemporary global politics. Established in 2009, initially with only the first four members (as listed above) from which it takes its name. South Africa joined a year later and the remaining enlargement in 2024 brought it to its current state. While invitations were extended to Argentina and Saudi Arabia, the former declined the offer after its new president, Javier Milei, rejected the plan to join the group, and Saudi Arabia has yet to make a final decision. BRICS was conceived as a response to the perceived dominance of Western powers in international institutions, which we
