This BPC paper discusses the constant movement of cultural transformation by which societies pass through, and how the adaptation of cultural groups is many times dynamic and even unpredictable, and...
This fact sheet outlines the expansion and diversification of private investment from Brazil and China in SSA, and the extent to which private companies from the two countries are engaging...
The Policy Brief presnets the current structure for development financing, pointing to the potential influence of the New Development Bank (NBD) on the BRICS South-South cooperation relations....
This publication seeks to think over China’s agency on South-South Cooperation for development and the shifts that this model represents to the traditional “North-South” cooperation. ...
Since its inception as the Shanghai Five group in 1996, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SGO) performed a number of tasks for its members – China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan (and...
The hosting of elections in many emerging economies brings great significance to the year of 2014. India, Brazil and South Africa are going through general elections this year but, while...
The purpose of this monitor is to analyze the main implications of Narendra Modi's victory as Prime Minister of India. The 2014 elections indicated that the Indian electorate wants changes,...
This BPC Paper discusses the place of complexity in the thinking and practice of international mediation in civil wars....
The Forum was jointly organised by the Department of Higher Education and Training, and Higher Education South Africa, with the support of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation....
This Policy Brief discusses, through the concept of BRICS-Cities, two different agendas of urban development. Each of these agendas leads to distinct notions of social mobility, which, in turn, leads...