This book analyses the geopolitical, geostrategic and geoeconomic implications of the expanding BRICS bloc and the extent to which this tridimensional dynamic impacts global security, peace and sustainable development. It unravels simultaneously the contradictions and converging policies within the bloc, which stem from its member states' diverse and vibrant political, economic and development philosophies, while advancing the agenda of a multipolar against the dominance of the Bretton Wood institutions. The bloc envisions new pathways to a fair global trade, particularly with the Grand South and Western Asia-based on the experiences of the emerging markets such as China, India, Indonesia, Brazil and Russia. The alliance's potential to shape global governance in the areas where Western influence has been prevalent, namely in security technology, peace and sustainability is tested vis-à-vis its longstanding and well-established competitors such as the EU and the G7. This cutting-edge scholarly work is a must-read for everyone.

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Jean Chrysostome K. Kiyala (Dr.) is a Senior Lecturer at the International Centre of Nonviolence in the Faculty of Management Sciences at Durban University of Technology; Associate Professor and visiting lecturer at the University of Bandundu and the Evangelical University in Africa (DR Congo), and the University of the Seychelles.

Ndivhuho Tshikovhi (Dr.) is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Durban University of Technology under the Executive Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences. He holds a doctorate in social and political sciences from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. He also studied at Fudan University, China, and the University of Mannheim, Germany.

Dumisani Maqeda Ngwenya (Dr.) is a senior lecturer in Peace and Security Studies at the Lupane State University, Zimbabwe. He views himself as a practitioner-academic. He holds a Masters in Peace and Conflict studies from the University of KwaZulu Natal and a PhD in Peacebuilding from the Durban University of Technology.

Fulufhelo Netswera (Prof.) is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Management Sciences at the Durban University of Technology (DUT), tasked with developing the DUT Business School. He currently heads the BRICS Research Institute located within DUT, funded by The National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS).