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 Asiabased 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.

Offers innovative perspectives in a multipolar world order being forged by the expanded BRICS Addresses key geopolitical, geo-economic and geo-strategic issues emerging in the wake of the expanded BRICS Focuses on challenges & opportunities of the bloc's sustainability vis-à-vis its well-established competitors

Autorentext

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).

Inhalt

Chapter 1: The Sustainability of Expanding BRICS: Global Peace, Security and Sustainable Development.- Part I: EXPANDED BRICS OVERVIEW.- Chapter 2: The Dynamics of Polarised Pluralism: On the Benefits, Challenges, and Threats of a Constantly Changing Fragmented World Order.- Chapter 3: BRICS Expansion: Geopolitical, Geostrategic and Geoeconomic Implications.- Chapter 4: BRICS: Minus x Minus = Plus?.- Part II: PEACE AND SECURITY.- Chapter 5: China and contemporary UN peace operations: development by what means?.- Chapter 6: Integrated BRICS Maritime Security.- Chapter 7: Divergent BRICS Positions on Reform of the United Nations Security Council and African Security.- Chapter 8: The Importance of Achieving Technological Sovereignty as a Key Component of National Security in the Conditions for the Creation of a Multipolar World.- Chapter 9: ICTs in the Context of International Security: A South-South Cooperation Approach.- Chapter 10: Migrant 'Burden' and its Implications for Peace and Security in South Africa: A Cosmopolitan and Communitarian Debate. Chapter 11: Effects of Soft Power Diplomacy on Peace and Security in BRICS+ Nations: The Case of South Africa.- Chapter 12: A Critical Evaluation of the 'Thucydides Trap' as Underpinning BRICS' Multilateralism as an Alternative to Global Peace and security.- Part III: BRICS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE.- Chapter 13: BRICS Challenging the EU in the Balkans: The Case of Serbia.- Chapter 14: The US- China Trade Wars amid the Covid-19 Era and the Futuristic of the Phase One Deal.- Chapter 15: Ethiopia's Entry to BRICS and Its Implications for Regional Security in the Horn of Africa.- Chapter 16: Peace and Security in SADC: Understanding the Circumstances Surrounding South Africa's Participation in SAMIM.- Part IV: Peace and Security in SADC: Understanding the Circumstances Surrounding South Africa's Participation in SAMIM.- Chapter 17: BRICS' Contribution to Addressing Youth Unemployment in South Africa.- Chapter 18: Should Turkey Join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization? Political Economy Dynamics, Handicaps and a Synthesis.- Chapter 19: Does BRICS' New Enlargement Policy Foster a Developmental Peace in the Middle East?.- Chapter 20: BRICS Expansion: Economic and Financial Cooperation- Chapter 21: BRICS Economic Powerhouse Driving Global Sustainability.- Chapter 22: Bridging the Policy Divide: Addressing Climate Policy Disparities among the Expanded BRICS in Achieving the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development.