The foreign policy of China and the BRICS: a case study

• Grant number: 12/12492-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2012
• End date: June 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science - International Politics
• Principal Investigator: Cristina Soreanu Pecequilo
• Grantee: Márcio José de Oliveira Junior
• Host Institution: Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Osasco. Osasco , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research project intends to understand the foreign policy of China in the periodo that starts at the endo of the Cold War till nowadays. Based onthe reconstruction, we will analyze the components of the international projection of China in the post-Cold War World and in which way the BRICS alliance (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa)is present in its external agenda. The goal is to research how China views the BRICS since China is Brazil main individual trade partner in the current scenario and the BRICS one relevant priority of our foreign policy agenda. (AU)