This book analyses the India, Brazil, South Africa Dialogue Forum (IBSA), focusing on the communalities and differences in the way foreign policy is conceptualized in its member states. Utilizing 83 interviews with foreign policy makers and experts, as well as the analysis of 119 foreign-policy speeches, the author traces key shifts in official foreign policy discourse. In order to evaluate the degree of support for key IBSA Dialogue Forum concepts within national discourse, the author also examines the interplay between official and broader societal discourses on foreign policy. This analysis combines political science factors (foreign policy role conceptions) with linguistic factors, thus enabling a qualitative and quantitative comparison of different framings of foreign policy. Extensive empirical material collected during six months of field research in India, Brazil and South Africa allows the author to present a differentiated account of their alleged like-mindedness.

Provides insights into how India, Brazil and South Africa aim to position themselves within the international system, based on extensive empirical data Offers an in-depth analysis of the IBSA Dialogue Forum Presents an innovative method for the qualitative and quantitative comparison of foreign-policy discourses in light of political and linguistic factors

Autorentext

Jörg Husar is Programme Officer for Latin America at the International Energy Agency (IEA) and currently a visiting lecturer at the Paris School of International Affairs (Sciences Po). The present book originated as his doctoral thesis during his involvement in the research project "Emerging Powers as Partners of German Foreign Policy" (2006-2011) at the German Institute of International and Security Affairs (SWP). His field research was supported by foreign policy think tanks in the three IBSA countries: Centro Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais (CEBRI, Rio de Janeiro), South African Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA, Johannesburg) and Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS, New Delhi). In 2007 and 2010 he served as visiting lecturer in Political Science at Freie Universität Berlin, including a course on the IBSA Dialogue Forum.

Inhalt
Introduction.- IBSA: Three Like-Minded States?- A Comparative Approach to Foreign Policy Discourse Analysis.- Schools of Thought in Foreign Policy Discourse: the Potential for Convergence and Divergence Amongst IBSA States.- Official Framings of Foreign Policy: South-South Leadership as Starting Point of the IBSA Initiative.- Contested Roles: Investigating Societal Framings of Foreign Policy in India, Brazil and South Africa.- Conclusions: On the Like-Mindedness of the IBSA States.- Outlook: IBSA and the Shadow of BRICS.- Annex.