L’allargamento BRICS: riflessioni sul fronte della cooperazione interna

Abstract

The BRICS enlargement: some remarks on domestic cooperation - The recent enlargement of the BRICS group to five new member states raises questions about its future dynamics, especially from a domestic point of view. In fact, with the entry of the new members, the BRICS has finally secured itself the representation of the Middle East and the Islamic world, assuming a growing planetary dimension. However, it is also true that the enlargement adds a high degree of complexity and tensions to the group’s internal decision-making processes, which might force the BRICS to rethink its traditional consensus-based working methods and its typical informal structure.

Keywords: BRICS enlargement; BRICS cooperation; Institutionalization; Decision-making processes; Internal dynamics