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Giorgia Feltrin

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FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGIES OF EMERGING POWERS IN A MULTIPOLAR
WORLD: AN INTRODUCTORY REVIEW
(Cooper & Flemes)
The global scenario has been reflecting for a long time the needs and interests of the most powerful
States, at least until the emergence of new developing countries outside of the western model and the
shift from a bipolar system to a multipolar one
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Typically based on
the interdependence between its actors for common material interests, this system requires now that
both developed States and emerging powers work together under the same multilateral institutions,
however it is still debated the degree of autonomy those new powers want to preserve, and this will
determine the impact they have on the balance of power achieved from in the international system
after a difficult and long journey
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The international system is continuously evolving, this can be seen in the creation
of the G20, with the aim of addressing financial issues, global imbalances and currency valuations,
in a discussion involving both developed and developing countries
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huge compromise is undoubtedly accepting that not all States considered legitimate will be
democracies and that conducting what is considered good governance is enough to be recognized as
part of the international order
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China, for example, has an incredible huge GDP compared to the
other countries and affirms to be not only a rising power but also a poor country
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Moreover, China is also seen not only as an economic
threat but also as a security threat, in particular by Japan, because of its lack of transparency when it
comes to military forces and its continuous investments on armaments
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The debate on nuclear non-proliferation also sees BRICS countries divided within
each other and some of them still have ongoing bilateral issues, from cross-border issues between
India/Russia and China to worries about rising energy prices from Russia and China’s competitive
exports for Brazil
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The combination of all those factors
makes international actors question whether BRICS countries as a whole – at the current state – can
effectively undertake a leading role in the international system
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They also place the fault of the financial crises on Western economies, since each
national bank adopted aggr

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