Asserting southern agency: the moralistic realism of multiplexity.
This article investigates the moralistic realism of the emerging multiplex world order. It does so by examining the recent expansion of the BRICS alongside the launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). Drawing on a critical analysis of official documents complemented by media reportage a...
| Publicado en: | International Affairs Vol. 102; no. 2; pp. 337 - 363 |
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Mar2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=192225186&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 192225186 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00205850 INA jtl: International Affairs issn: 00205850 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2026 vid: 102 iid: 2 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 192225186 10.1093/ia/iiag001 ppf: 337 ppct: 26 formats: tig: atl: Asserting southern agency: the moralistic realism of multiplexity. aug: au: Roy, Indrajit affil: University of York, Department of Politics and International Relations, York YO10 5DD, UK su: BRICS countries India International relations Moral realism International relations theory Normativity (Ethics) International organization sug: subj: International relations BRICS countries India Foreign affairs International Affairs Moral realism International relations theory Normativity (Ethics) International organization keyword: agency BRICS copyrightHolder:The Royal Institute of International Affairs copyrightYear:2026 global South Indo-Pacific Economic Framework inLanguage:en moral economy of International Relations multiplexity publisher:Oxford University Press sameAs:https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag001 agency BRICS copyrightHolder:The Royal Institute of International Affairs copyrightYear:2026 global South Indo-Pacific Economic Framework inLanguage:en moral economy of International Relations multiplexity publisher:Oxford University Press sameAs:https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag001 ab: This article investigates the moralistic realism of the emerging multiplex world order. It does so by examining the recent expansion of the BRICS alongside the launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). Drawing on a critical analysis of official documents complemented by media reportage and secondary assessments by regional experts, synthesized alongside secondary data on key political and economic trends, the article illustrates the ways in which members of the two groupings advance a view of the world that checks efforts at domination of both established and aspiring hegemons. The article makes three contributions to the literature. Empirically, it charts recent developments in the BRICS and the IPEF from the perspective of member countries—such as India—which participate in both groupings. Methodologically, it introduces the moral economy approach to the study of international affairs. Theoretically, it offers insights into ways in which the agency of the global South contributes to producing a multiplex world order. The two groupings analysed in this article help assemble the building blocks of conceptualizing southern agency in advancing multiplexity. Underpinning this agency is a moralistic realism that blends moralpolitik with realpolitik. This moralistic realism in turn draws on a moral economy of international affairs that constrains the concentration of power and resists domination by a single actor. Mobilizing insights from Mandala theorizing, the article demonstrates the ways in which moral considerations and realist calculations combine to render the two groupings as decentred zones of competition, rather than rival blocs that each revolve around a single pole. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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