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Title: | IBSA: fading out or forging a common vision? |
Authors: | Al Doyaili, Sarah Freytag, Andreas Draper, Peter |
Year: | 2013 |
Periodical: | South African Journal of International Affairs |
Volume: | 20 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 297-310 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | South Africa India Brazil |
Subject: | South-South relations |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1080/10220461.2013.811340 |
Abstract: | The India, Brazil and South Africa Dialogue Forum (IBSA) established in 2003 brings together three like-minded, democratic, market economies of multi-cultural and multi-ethnic character, sharing a broadly similar economic, political and development situation. At the time of its formation IBSA was widely regarded as representing a novel form of South-South cooperation, transcending older models rooted in the logic of North-South confrontation in the post-colonial, Cold War world. However, now, as the respective countries prepare for their tenth anniversary summit in India, the forum seems to face a growing sense of irrelevance, perhaps even an existential crisis. There has been a proliferation of other forums - notably BRICS and the G20 - which means that IBSA needs to differentiate itself if it is to endure. This paper suggests a common vision for IBSA, based on the concept of international liberalism, implying an open international market, well-regulated capital markets and tailored domestic policies such as social policy, health policy and education policy, may well increase the weight IBSA can gain in different international forums. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |