1. The history of IBSA : first steps -- 2. Towards institutionalization -- 3. IBSA's institutional structure -- 4. Does IBSA matter? -- 5. The politics of South-South cooperation : towards a new paradigm? -- 6. IBSA : rising democracy promoters? -- 7. Conclusion
Summary
"After providing a brief overview of relations between India, Brazil and South Africa after the end of the Cold War, this chapter recounts the intellectual origins of IBSA, the motivations that led the three countries to create the grouping, and two instances of successful cooperation, one immediately before and one after IBSA's birth in June 2003"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-169) and index
Notes
Oliver Stuenkel is an Assistant Professorof International Relations at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) in Sô Paulo, where he coordinates the Sô Paulo branch of the School of History and Social Science (CPDOC) and theexecutive MBA program in International Relations. He is also a non-resident Fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin. His research focuses on rising powers; specifically on Brazil's, India's and China's foreign policy and on their impact on global governance