A Decade of Emergence

The article aims at presenting a discussion about the processes of institutionalization and the expansion of the BRICS through its eight summits. Two issue areas will be emphasised: (i) international political economy – particularly international development – and (ii) international security. The hypothesis is that the BRICS forum has passed through an institutional densification process – see the New Development Bank and the Contingent Reserve Agreement. In such a process, despite the increasing relevance of international security issues, this occurs because of the geopolitical transformation of contemporary capitalism. In such a context, there are different patterns of institutional densification directly related to the role of the BRICS in the world order.

本文旨在通过金砖国家（BRICS）的八次峰会，探讨其制度化进程与扩张问题。文章将重点关注两个议题领域：（i）国际政治经济学——尤其是国际发展——以及（ii）国际安全。本文假设，金砖国家论坛经历了制度密集化（institutional densification）进程——例如新开发银行（New Development Bank）与应急储备安排（Contingent Reserve Agreement）。在此进程中，尽管国际安全议题的相关性日益提升，但这一现象的出现源于当代资本主义的地缘政治转型。在此背景下，存在多种制度密集化模式，它们与金砖国家在世界秩序中的角色直接相关。