Malte Brosig Boeken

Focusing on marginal actors within the global order, this book critiques traditional analyses that prioritize powerful entities. It introduces an analytical framework for African agency, exploring policy options that range from accommodation to system transformation, influenced by external conditions like global order dynamics. The text emphasizes the importance of African agency in shaping global relations. It also examines four key policy areas: peace and security, international criminal justice, economics and trade, and responses to COVID-19, highlighting their significance in the broader context of global order.

Focusing on the involvement of BRICS countries in large-scale armed conflicts, this book analyzes their deviation from Western foreign policy and their role in shaping a multi-polar world order. It presents a typology of responses ranging from cooperative multi-lateral actions to unilateral military interventions. The author examines six key variables influencing these responses, including proximity to war and economic interests. Case studies of conflicts in Libya, Syria, South Sudan, and Ukraine illustrate the nuances of BRICS engagement in global security issues.