The history of BRICS' International Relations (2009-2019): discourses, innovation and senstitivities

• Main Author: Thiago Gehre
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Graduate Programme in International Strategic Studies (PPGEEI) 2020-03-01
• Series: Revista Conjuntura Austral
• Subjects: brics, historical international relations, global governance
• Online Access: https://seer.ufrgs.br/ConjunturaAustral/article/view/97954

The article discuss the main historical movements on BRICS international relations between 2009-2019: the emergence of narratives about success and failure of the BRICS; the capability of BRICS to promote innovations in the global order, and the responsiveness of BRICS to an array of themes on the umbrella of the concept of cooperation under sensitivity. New productive dialogue niches (health, security, development) in BRICS international relations has created circumstances of sensitive interactions between the countries, causing controversy and diplomatic edges that affected bilateral and multilateral ties between BRICS countries. Methodologically, it draws from multiple approaches that combine Qualitative Content Analysis (QCA), Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA), Critical Thinking and a historical international relations perspective, based on an empirically strong foundation on primary and secondary sources – including news, authorities discourse and official telegrams of Itamaraty and the more recent scientific studies on BRICS.