BRICS - Toward a New Reformism in International Politics

Abstract

The purpose of this article is the presentation of the aspirations of the BRICS (political club grouping Brazil, Russia, India, China and the Republic of South Africa) in the contemporary international order. The problem undertaken in the article is the answer to the question, whether the activities of the BRICS group can be described as revolutionary, reformist or conservative to the global international order, in which the dominant roles are played by the United States and other Western countries. The answer to the main question requires solving specific problems: how concepts of the revolution and reform are used in contemporary reflection on political processes? What is the meaning of revolution and reformism in the context of changes of contemporary social conditions? Which notion best describes the content of the concepts of views revealed by BRICS? Research hypothesis of this article is the assumption, that the actions of the BRICS can be described as reformism. It means the striving to move away from a unipolar world, dominated by the United States which promoted the neo-liberalism as the universal model of the globalization. Verification of this hypothesis is possible by analyzing the concepts of revolution and reformism in the context of their historical appearance, and update of their meaning, in the view of the social and economic reality of the XXI century. This is achieved with portraying of the major trends in international politics of the last half century. The notions, reconstructed in the aforesaid manner, are becoming a point of reference for the content of the disclosure in the real in real BRICS actions and the views expressed by his participants, which synthetic expression is the final declaration of the New Delhi summit group.