The Role of China and India in the G20 and BRICS: Commonalities or Competitive Behaviour?

Andrew F. Cooper () and Asif B. Farooq ()

Journal of Current Chinese Affairs - China aktuell, 2016, vol. 45, issue 3, 73-106

Abstract: This paper examines China and India’s relationship within the ambit of the G20 process and the autonomous BRICS institutional architecture. The evolving relationship of each of these two emerging powers within these different institutional settings demonstrates a degree of agentic commonality and distinction. China’s and India’s approaches to both the G20 and the BRICS summit processes high-light a combination of status-seeking and hedging behaviour. While China’s cautious approach is complemented by assertive leadership in matters of national interest, India’s leadership has a very specific orientation towards developmental issues. Whereas China’s approach focuses on the United States and the rest of the West, India’s approach is increasingly positioned as a response to China.

Keywords: China; India; G20; BRICS; informal governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-01
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