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020			_a9781409468691
082			_a327 CHU
100			_aChun, Kwang Ho
245		0	_aBRICs Superpower Challenge: foreign and security policy analysis
260			_aSurrey
260			_bAshgate
260			_c2013
300			_a231p.
365			_dPND
520			_aIn an imaginative and interesting way, Kwang Ho Chun seeks to capture the dynamics of the changing international system and the prospects for a change in the international distribution of power. The idea that new superpowers could rise and that some of the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) could be such superpowers, is particularly intriguing and the main idea explored in this study. In line with neo-realist approaches, this book argues that in a unipolar world competitors will rise to challenge the global hegemon. As the power profiles of the BRICs rise and they gain greater control of geo-global politics, they are likely to attain significant regional dominance among other regional powers although their underdeveloped tradition of hard power and internal challenges could prevent them from gaining superpower status. This book captures the dynamics of the changing international system and the prospects for a change in the international distribution of power.
650			_aWorld politics-21st century
942			_cB _2ddc