BRICS e Global South: una visione “prospettica” verso la costruzione di un “nuovo” sistema multilaterale

Abstract

BRICS and the Global South: A perspective on the construction of a “New” multilateral system - The BRICS intergovernmental coordination has emerged as a leading player on the evolving international scene, demonstrating the necessary capabilities to influence both the general and sectoral evolutionary trends of the international legal framework. The analysis of the official sources of the intergovernmental forum, which currently brings together Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa along with Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, and Iran, outlines the vision of this informal grouping of countries with respect to key issues in international law and international relations. It highlights the correlation between the perspective, the participatory demands and the Westphalian assumptions advocated by the BRICS – in a logic of rebalancing, and in a multipolar sense – and the “reinterpretative” conception of global governance structures and multilateralism that underpins the coordinated actions of the BRICS on the global stage, particularly as catalysts for the de(neo)colonization of the so-called South of the world.

Keywords: BRICS+; Global Governance; Global South; Perspectivism in international relations; Multipolarity