Academic journal articles
The new world order and the Global South (Oxford Review of Economic Policy)
https://academic.oup.com/oxrep/article/40/2/396/7691467 Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Volume 40, Issue 2, Summer 2024, Pages 396–404, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grae008 Published: 12 June 2024 Abstract The shift of power away from the West is often seen as a key element of the crisis of liberal international order. The reluctance by most non-Western powers to side with the West vis-à-vis Russia’s invasion of Ukraine […]
How Brazil embraced informal organizations (International Politics)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-022-00385-w Original Article Published: 28 April 2022 How Brazil embraced informal organizations Oliver Stuenkel International Politics (2022) Abstract Brazil’s foreign policy strategy traditionally focused on formal international organizations and ways to strengthen its role in them, symbolized by efforts to become a permanent UN Security Council member, and by accelerating voting reform in the Bretton […]
The BRICS Grouping (Oxford Research Encyclopedias)
The BRICS Grouping Oliver Stuenkel https://oxfordre.com/internationalstudies/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.001.0001/acrefore-9780190846626-e-505 https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.013.505 Published online: 28 January 2022 Summary The emergence of the BRICS grouping has been one of the most noteworthy yet misunderstood elements of global politics over the past decades. Despite its role in the transition toward a less Western-centric world order and the group’s surprising process of […]
Argentina, Brazil and Chile and Democracy Defence in Latin America: Principled Calculation
Authors: Andreas E. Feldmann, Federico Merke, Oliver Stuenkel International Affairs, Volume 95, Issue 2, 1 March 2019, Pages 447–467, https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiz025 Published: 01 March 2019 Abstract This article examines the role of Argentina, Brazil and Chile (the ‘ABC countries’) in supporting democracy through the logic of consequences and appropriateness in three emblematic cases: the removal of […]
How South America Let Venezuela Down
http://www.insightturkey.com/commentary/how-south-america-let-venezuela-down The political, economic and humanitarian crisis in the country with the world’s largest proven oil reserves was not only entirely predictable, but could most likely have been prevented by a more assertive and imaginative regional diplomatic strategy. Yet a rare combination of factors, ranging from a power vacuum in South America, Brazil’s role […]
New Development Banks as Horizontal International Bypasses: Towards a Parallel Order?
AJIL Unbound, Volume 111 January 2017 , pp. 236-240 Oliver Stuenkel, Associate Professor of International Relations, Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV). COPYRIGHT: © 2017 by The American Society of International Law and Oliver Stuenkel This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and […]
Do the BRICS possess soft power?
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2158379X.2016.1232285 Journal of Political Power Pages 1-15 | Published online: 20 Sep 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2158379X.2016.1232285 Abstract Has soft power in the emerging world risen commensurately to its hard power? Can the BRICS’ soft power rival that of the West as emerging powers expand their global presence? An analysis of the questions above shows that, despite […]
The BRICS: Seeking Privileges by Constructing and Running Multilateral Institutions
The BRICS: Seeking Privileges by Constructing and Running Multilateral Institutions Global Summitry Volume , Issue , 26 July 2016 by: Oliver Stuenkel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/global/guw008 First published online: 29 July 2016 Abstract How should we think of the decisions made by China and the other BRICS countries to establish a series of new institutions, such […]
Brazil and R2P: A case of agency and norm entrepreneurship in the Global South
Published online before print July 21, 2016, doi: 10.1177/0047117816659594 International Relations July 21, 2016 0047117816659594 (access here) Click here for the introduction of the special issue “Critical perspectives on the Responsibility to Protect: BRICS and beyond”. Brazil and R2P: A case of agency and norm entrepreneurship in the Global South Oliver Stuenkel, Getulio Vargas Foundation, […]
“Responsibility while Protecting”: Reforming R2P Implementation
DOI: 10.1080/13600826.2015.1094452 Marcos Tourinho, Oliver Stuenkel & Sarah Brockmeier Publishing models and article dates explained Published online: 05 Nov 2015 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13600826.2015.1094452 —– Abstract This article explores the political impact of the Brazilian proposal “Responsibility while Protecting” (RwP) on the normative evolution of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). For much of the last two decades, public […]
The Impact of the Libya Intervention: Debates on Norms of Protection
by Sarah Brockmeier, Oliver Stuenkel & Marcos Tourinho http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13600826.2015.1094029 Published online: 05 Nov 2015 DOI: 10.1080/13600826.2015.1094029 Abstract Resolution 1973, which authorised military intervention in Libya, marked the first time that the United Nations Security Council explicitly mandated the use of force against a functioning state to prevent imminent atrocity crimes. While some hailed […]
Regulating intervention: Brazil and the responsibility to protect
Conflict, Security & Development Oliver Stuenkel & Marcos Tourinho Download full article here (free access) Abstract: In the last decade, Brazil has engaged with the idea of an international responsibility to protect (R2P) in a notable fashion. As a frequent member of the Security Council in the post-Cold War era, the country resisted suggestions […]
Emerging India: A Farewell to Multilateralism? (Indian Foreign Affairs Journal)
Indian Foreign Affairs Journal Vol. 8, No. 4, October–December 2013, 413-427 Download full article here. ———- India’s rise constitutes one of the most fascinating and important stories of the past two decades, symbolizing, along with China, the fundamental shift of power towards Asia. Yet, while many acknowledge India’s newfound importance, the country remains one of […]
The BRICS and the Future of R2P: Was Syria or Libya the Exception?
Author: Oliver Stuenkel Source: Global Responsibility to Protect, Volume 6, Issue 1, pages 3 – 28 Subjects: Human Rights & Humanitarian Law Publication Year : 2014 DOI: 10.1163/1875984X-00601002 ISSN: 1875-9858 E-ISSN: 1875-984X This article is freely avaible here Abstract: This article assesses the BRICS’ position on the emerging global norm of the Responsibility […]
Emerging Powers and Status: The Case of the First BRICs Summit
http://journals.rienner.com/doi/abs/10.5555/0258-9184-38.1.89 Article Citation: Oliver Stuenkel (2014) Emerging Powers and Status: The Case of the First BRICs Summit. Asian Perspective: January-March 2014, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 89-109. Abstract: Why did the leaders of four very different countries—Brazil, Russia, India, and China—decide to hold a summit in 2009 in Yekaterinburg, thus transforming “the BRICs” from […]
The Financial Crisis, Contested Legitimacy, and the Genesis of Intra-BRICS Cooperation
http://journals.rienner.com/doi/abs/10.5555/1075-2846-19.4.611 Article Citation: Oliver Stuenkel (2013) The Financial Crisis, Contested Legitimacy, and the Genesis of Intra-BRICS Cooperation. Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations: October-December 2013, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 611-630. The rise of the BRIC grouping (Brazil, Russia, India, China) is one of the most commented on phenomena in international politics […]