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...

Rising powers have attracted tremendous interest in international politics and theory. Yet the ways in which secondary powers strategically respond to regional changes in the distribution of power have been largely neglected. This article seeks to fill this gap by presenting a systematic...

section 1. A developing countries perspective -- section 2. Negotiating options and strategies -- section 3. Market access : agriculture, manufactures and textiles -- section 4. Trade facilitation and government procurement : Singapore issues of future concern -- section 5. TRIPS and GATS --...