BRIC'lerin ekonomi politiği: İşbirliği ve rekabet

This study examines the rapidly growing large emerging powers Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs) and a secondary set of emerging economies with relatively weaker but still promising potential to create a notable impact in the global economy (near-BRICs). The primary concern of this thesis is to determine whether the BRICs can be treated as a monolithic grouping and to seek incentives for cooperation and competition within the group. The subject matter of this thesis is located at the crossroads of three literatures: regionalism, international cooperation, and power/hegemony. This broad literature contributes to our understanding of the coherence of the BRIC and the near-BRIC as cross-regional groupings, the likelihood of cooperation and competition among these states and the shift of power taking place in the global economy with the rise of these emerging powers. In this research, I present the economic development patterns of the BRICs, survey bilateral economic relations within them and analyze the repercussions of the three summits they have organized after the outbreak of the global financial crisis on international economic agenda. Finally, the analysis extends to the near-BRICs; attempting at a typology of these emerging economies and critically examine their prospects for international cooperation.Keywords: BRICs, emerging powers, international cooperation, near-BRICs, global economic governance, international financial institutions