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This book examines the direction of the BRICS association.
Beginning with historical analyses of the broader Global South and
the fundamental composition of the BRICS countries and then moving
on to present trends, The BRICS Order evaluates the variables that
will influence the association's future. While the BRICS as a forum
emerged as a result of the visible fragmentation of the post-1945
world order, it itself remains dogged by issues emanating from
internal divergences among member states and from external factors.
The contributors interrogate the extent to which this formation of
"emerging economies" is indicative of a challenge to the West, or
in fact a complimentary relation. Integral to these studies - which
encompass examinations of such diverse areas as governance systems,
issues in bilateral relations, security threats, multilateral
institution building, the transnational creation and dissemination
of knowledge, and technological innovation - are patterns of
convergence and divergence which render the countries not a formal
alliance, but as signifiers of a multilateral future in which the
West is itself to become more heterogeneous and thus become
occasionally complemented depending on the vacillating consensus
within the BRICS association and on the interests of the BRICS
countries at different points in time.
This edited volume discusses infrastructural cooperation and
industrial cooperation between China and several countries in
Africa. In contributions by academics and practitioners alike, the
book distils the conceptual implications of empirical and
ethnographic findings and explores probable future developments in
the Africa-China relationship. The chapters deal with numerous
countries across the African continent, covering nearly all
regions, showcasing the dynamics of China’s relations with
different countries while highlighting African agency over major
infrastructure projects and industrial activity. Â Providing
an in-depth look at the evolving economic cooperation across these
two regions, this volume will appeal to researchers and students of
African politics, international relations, area studies, and
comparative politics. The book will be of relevance to policymakers
in governments, international organizations, and non-governmental
organizations involved in policy formulation particularly regarding
the Africa-China/China-Africa relationship.
This book discusses the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on
international relations theories. As a phenomenon, AI is everywhere
in the real world and growing. Through its transformative nature,
it is simultaneously simplifying and complicating processes.
Importantly, it also overlooks and "misunderstands". Globally,
leaders, diplomats and policymakers have had to familiarise
themselves and grapple with concepts such as algorithms,
automation, machine learning, and neural networks. These and other
features of modern AI are redefining our world, and with it, the
long-held assumptions scholars of IR have relied on for their
theoretical accounts of our universe. The book takes a historic,
contemporary and long-term approach to explain and anticipate AI's
impact on IR - and vice versa - through a systematic treatment of 9
theoretical paradigms and schools of thought including realism,
liberalism, feminism, postcolonial theory and green theory. This
book draws on original datasets, innovative empirical case studies
and in-depth engagement with the core claims of the traditional and
critical theoretical lenses to reignite debates on the nature and
patterns of power, ethics, conflict, and systems among states and
non-state actors.
This book comparatively examines the China-South Africa trade
relationship over three decades through the prism of four other
relationships South Africa has with states that have been China's
most contentious neighbours in the Indo-Pacific (India, Japan,
Taiwan and the USA). Asia is widely expected to be the new economic
centre of gravity in international relations, particularly for
trade. Yet despite the story of growth for both it and its
neighbours, China ranks above all these countries in terms of trade
partnership with South Africa and a majority of states across the
globe. This poses a puzzle answerable only through in-depth
analysis. In this way, this pathbreaking new book uses quantitative
data to test commonly held assumptions about the 'new scramble for
Africa' and shines a light on the driving forces, interests and
sources of agency in South Africa's trade and foreign policies over
the past three decades. The findings allow for the deduction of
general patterns applicable to South Africa and peer economies,
some of whom are benchmarked throughout the book for comparative
insights.
Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies in International
Relations explores the geopolitics between technology and
international relations. Through a focus on war, trade, investment
flows, diplomacy, regional integration and development cooperation,
this book takes a holistic perspective to examine the origins of
technology, analysing its current manifestations in the
contemporary world. The authors present the possible future roles
of artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies
(including blockchain, 3D printing, 5G connectivity and the
Internet of Things) in the context of global arena.This book is
essential reading to all who seek to understand the reality of the
inequitable distribution of these game-changing technologies that
are shaping the world. Research questions as well as some policy
options for the developing world are explored and the authors make
the case for cooperation by the international community as we enter
the fourth industrial revolution.
This book examines the direction of the BRICS association.
Beginning with historical analyses of the broader Global South and
the fundamental composition of the BRICS countries and then moving
on to present trends, The BRICS Order evaluates the variables that
will influence the association's future. While the BRICS as a forum
emerged as a result of the visible fragmentation of the post-1945
world order, it itself remains dogged by issues emanating from
internal divergences among member states and from external factors.
The contributors interrogate the extent to which this formation of
"emerging economies" is indicative of a challenge to the West, or
in fact a complimentary relation. Integral to these studies - which
encompass examinations of such diverse areas as governance systems,
issues in bilateral relations, security threats, multilateral
institution building, the transnational creation and dissemination
of knowledge, and technological innovation - are patterns of
convergence and divergence which render the countries not a formal
alliance, but as signifiers of a multilateral future in which the
West is itself to become more heterogeneous and thus become
occasionally complemented depending on the vacillating consensus
within the BRICS association and on the interests of the BRICS
countries at different points in time.
This book comparatively examines the China–South Africa trade
relationship over three decades through the prism of four other
relationships South Africa has with states that have been China’s
most contentious neighbours in the Indo-Pacific (India, Japan,
Taiwan and the USA). Asia is widely expected to be the new economic
centre of gravity in international relations, particularly for
trade. Yet despite the story of growth for both it and its
neighbours, China ranks above all these countries in terms of trade
partnership with South Africa and a majority of states across the
globe. This poses a puzzle answerable only through in-depth
analysis. In this way, this pathbreaking new book uses quantitative
data to test commonly held assumptions about the ‘new scramble
for Africa’ and shines a light on the driving forces, interests
and sources of agency in South Africa’s trade and foreign
policies over the past three decades. The findings allow for the
deduction of general patterns applicable to South Africa and peer
economies, some of whom are benchmarked throughout the book for
comparative insights.
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