TY - JOUR
T1 - The BRICS and soft power
T2 - an introduction
AU - Chatin, Mathilde
AU - Gallarotti, Giulio M.
PY - 2016/9/20
Y1 - 2016/9/20
N2 - In a new global order that has moved well beyond the bipolar world of the cold war, scholars are trying to assess how the power structure of international power is changing. Pre-eminent among the nations that will be challengers for primacy in the new world order are the emerging powers. Leading this cadre of emerging powers are the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). This special issue explores an important and neglected type of power possessed by the BRICS: their soft power, both individual and collective. This introduction summarizes the principal arguments of the contributions to this special issue, and also examines the concept of soft power.
AB - In a new global order that has moved well beyond the bipolar world of the cold war, scholars are trying to assess how the power structure of international power is changing. Pre-eminent among the nations that will be challengers for primacy in the new world order are the emerging powers. Leading this cadre of emerging powers are the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). This special issue explores an important and neglected type of power possessed by the BRICS: their soft power, both individual and collective. This introduction summarizes the principal arguments of the contributions to this special issue, and also examines the concept of soft power.
KW - BRICS
KW - emerging markets
KW - power
KW - smart power
KW - soft power
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84988353557&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/2158379X.2016.1232284
DO - 10.1080/2158379X.2016.1232284
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84988353557
SN - 2158-379X
SP - 1
EP - 18
JO - Journal of Political Power
JF - Journal of Political Power
ER -