Partnerships for effective multilateralism : EU relations with Brazil, China, India and Russia / Ummu Salma Bava [and others] ; edited by Giovanni Grevi and Álvaro de Vasconcelos
Preface / Álvaro de Vasconcelos -- "Multilateralising" multipolarity / Álvaro de Vasconcelos -- L'UE et le Brésil : un partenariat naturel / Alfredo Valladão -- The strategic partnership between Brazil and the European Union / Marco Aurélio Garcia -- The EU and China : a necessary partnership / François Godement -- A Chinese perspective on China-European relations / Feng Zhongping -- The EU and India : a deepening partnership / Christian Wagner -- The EU and India : challenges to a strategic partnership / Ummu Salma Bava -- The EU and Russia : a contested partnership / Sabine Fischer -- Russia and the European Union : redefining strategic partnership / Dmitri Trenin -- The rise of strategic partnerships : between interdependence and power politics / Giovanni Grevi
Summary
This paper addresses the strategic partnerships that the EU seeks to set up with four important actors, whose ascent is changing traditional patterns of power and governance: Brazil, China, India and Russia. These partnerships, among other instruments, can play a critical role in reconciling multilateral governance and emerging multipolarity