BRICS and the China-India Construct: A New World Order In Making?

This monograph BRICS and the China-India Construct: A New World Order in Making? portrays to understand and contribute to the strategic analyses of foreign, security and economic policy issues that are attached to the rise of BRICS. This is not only a study about BRICS per se; but is also about China and India, the two most vital powers of this grouping. This study has been written in Indian context, and has tried to delve into the China-India course within BRICS. In brief, this study explores the rise of BRICS in the context of emerging powers or the developing world’s dialogue, particularly of China and India, while contextualising the complexity of mutual settings of these two countries. Whether BRICS can produce any constructive result in favour of the South will depend heavily upon the rational and foreign policy conduct of these two eminent neighbouring countries of Asia.

About the Author

Dr. Jagannath P. Panda is Research Fellow at Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi. He is also Centre Coordinator for East Asia in IDSA. Dr. Panda’s research interests are: Sino-Indian relations, BRICS & Emerging Powers, China’s foreign policy, and Asia’s Multilateralism etc. He has traveled extensively across the USA, Europe and Asia for bilateral dialogues, seminars/conferences. He has been a member of IDSA delegation for TRACK-II dialogues with various Chinese, Japanese and South Korean think-tanks/institutes. He has also published in peer-reviewed journals like Strategic Analyses (Routledge), China Report (Sage), Journal of Contemporary China (Routledge), Asian Perspective (Lynne Rienner), Portuguese Journal of International Affairs (Euro press), China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly (Central Asia- Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies), Indian Foreign Affairs Journal (MD Publications Pvt Ltd) etc.

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