The Contemporary World Order, BRICS and the R2P+ Principle: the Cases of Brazil and China (2005/2017)
Journal: Colombia Internacional
Year: 2021

One major pillar of the world orders’ legitimacy is the existence and recognition of international norms and institutions. In the literature on International Relations, many studies call attention to the importance of these features in approaching such topics as (inter)national sovereignty, humanitarian crises, and military interventions. Since the dynamic of contemporary global power is changing due to the rise of new centres of power such as the BRICS countries, it is worth evaluating whether,