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Emerging powers: stabilisers or destabilisers?
30/04/2008 By Susanne Gratius
In the economic arena, above all, a new global order is developing in which the European Union, the US and Japan – which previously formed a trident of power – will play a much lesser role than they currently enjoy.
The most significant development in this new international landscape is the simultaneous rise of China and India. So far, all the evidence seems to suggest that none of the emerging powers represents a risk to global or regional stability.
China, India, Brazil and South Africa do not challenge the international system. Instead they seek to play a more significant role while participating actively in it. However, from within the existing framework they do demand – and with good reason – a redistribution of power in order to reflect a multipolar world in which their positions are on the rise.
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Keywords
Asia Brazil China Globalization India International organisations International relations Latin America & Caribbean Multilateralism Multipolarity Nuclear weapons Security South Africa Southern Africa United StatesRelated publications
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Bio author: Susanne Gratius
Susanne Gratius holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Hamburg. Prior to joining FRIDE, she worked as a Researcher at the Department of the Americas at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin and at the Iberoamerican Studies Institute (IIK) in Hamburg. Until 1999, she was Coordinator at the European-Latin American Relations Institute (IRELA) in Madrid.
