The rise of the BRICS is evident to the general public yet little academic literature has been written regarding its collective role in the international scenario Rather, this coalition is widely considered to be solely a descriptive acronym of the emerging powers. This dissertation studies the...

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...

Introduction -- Dynastic Era-1949: From Allusive to Attenuated Contact -- -1998: Contested China, Contested Liberation -- South Africa, China, and the African 'De-naissance' -- A Farewell to Alms?: Pretoria Looks East -- China's Economic Growth and South Africa's Unemployment -- Yiwu: Can it...

This study investigates the association between infrastructure development in China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to southern Africa, using a propensity score matching-difference-in-difference (PSM-DID) regression. The empirical examination is based...