Locating BRICS in the Global Order

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List of Tables

Notes on Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

G. Venkat Raman and Rajan Kumar

PART I

Locating BRICS in the Global Order

2 Liberal International Order and the Evolution of BRICS

Bappaditya Mukherjee

3 Evolution of BRICS: History and Politics

Ajay K. Patnaik

4 BRICS in Blues: Potentialities of the Maritime World: Lessons from the History of Money, Metallism and Mercantilism

Rohan

5 Economic Growth, Trade and Investment Trends in BRICS

Meeta Keswani Mehra and Sk. Md. Azharuddin

6 Inter- and Intra-BRICS Bilateral Trade Pattern: A Panel Import Gravity Model Approach

Meeta Keswani Mehra and Sk. Md. Azharuddin

7 Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in BRICS Countries: A Panel Data Analysis

Sk. Md. Azharuddin and Meeta Keswani Mehra

8 Towards an Aesthesis of BRICS

Meenakshi Sundriyal

PART II

Member States and Their Interests in BRICS

9 Brazil and BRICS

Bruno De Conti, Edivo de Almeida Oliveira and Julio Vicente Cateia

10 Russia and its Interests in BRICS

Oxana Kharitonova

11 Multilateralism in Russia's Foreign Policy and BRICS

Surbhi Choudhary

12 India and BRICS

Rajan Kumar

13 China and BRICS

Liu Zongyi

14 China, Global Governance and BRICS

G. Venkat Raman

15 South Africa and BRICS

Subodh N. Malakar and Khush-Hal S. Lagdhyan

PART III

New Vistas of Cooperation within BRICS: Lacunae and Possibilities

16 The COVID-19 Pandemic and the BRICS Response: Cooperation, Constraints, and Geopolitics

Ashok Sharma

17 BRICS and the Covid Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities

Shradha

18 BRICS: A Study of its Cooperation and Challenges

Aparaajita Pandey and Huma Siddiqui

19 BRICS, Development-Aid and Disaster-Aid Management: A Framework for Cooperation in Disaster Management

Himanshu Shekhar Mishra

20 Conclusion: Building Alterity and Inclusion: BRICS' Journey Thus Far

Meeta Keswani Mehra and Meenakshi Sundriyal

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