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...

Origins and formation -- From results to process -- Organization, leadership, and funding -- Commission membership and the transition in the US foreign policy elite -- The report program, or, How to formulate policy -- Access to and relationship with decision-makers -- Informal diplomacy --...

Act East policy : Northeast as a bridgehead to ASEAN / Shristi Pukhrem -- Northeast India's critical role in harnessing the three C's : commerce, connectivity and culture in Act East policy / Munmun Majumdar -- Act East policy and emerging economic geography in India's Northeast / Rakhee...

This book considers the current and future significance of the G20 by using International Relations theory to examine its political impact as an informal form of global governance. International Relations theory is shown to represent a broad range of political positions that can effectively...

Introduction to contemporary Japan-European Union (EU) -- relations -- Global Context for EU-Japan relations -- Japan and the EU as International Actors -- A Steady Path to Cooperation -- The Road to an Economic Partnership Agreement -- Building a Strategic Partnership -- A crisis of...