Marek Rewizorski is a political scientist and lawyer, Professor at the Institute of Political Science, and Head of the Department of Global and Regional Studies at the University of Gdańsk. Principal investigator in research grants SONATA (2011-2014) and OPUS (2017-2020) awarded by the National Science Centre in Poland, member of EISA and ISA, expert of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) and National Centre of Science (NCN), visiting researcher at the European University Institute in Florence (June 2018).Andrew F. Cooper is University Research Chair, Department of Political Science, and Professor, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo, Canada. From 2004 to 2010 he was Associate Director and Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). Holding a D.Phil. from Oxford University, he was a Fulbright Research Chair, Annenberg Center on Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California in 2009, the Léger Fellow, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada in 1993-1994, as well as Visiting Professor, International Relations and Governance Studies Department, Shiv Nadar University, India, in January-February 2O19. In 2019 he was the first recipient of the Distinguished Studies Award, Diplomatic Studies Section, International Studies Association.

''A must-read for anyone seeking to understand the evolving role of the Global South in reshaping global governance. Insightful and timely, it offers nuanced perspectives on BRICS, middle powers, and international order transitions."- Oliver Della Costa Stuenkel is a political analyst, speaker and a Professor at the School of International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) in São Paulo."This collection is truly ground-breaking in opening up the metaphor of ‘Global South’, offering new perspectives on the "political South" that compare the varying interests, values and roles of impactful Southern states, societies, and regions in reshaping global governance and the global order – BRICS and beyond."- Gregory T. Chin, Associate Professor of Political Economy and Political Science, York University, Canada

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsList of Abbreviations and AcronymsPART IIntroductionConnecting Embedded Conceptual Debates and ‘Zeitenwende’: The Trajectory of International Order from the Perspective of the Global SouthMAREK REWIZORSKI AND ANDREW F. COOPERPART IIGlobal South, Continuity and Change: Global Trends and Perspectives1. Southern World Order? How the Domestic Politics of the BRICS Countries and Russia’s Ukraine War Shape Global GovernanceSTEFAN A. SCHIRM2. From Pluralism to Contested Pluralism in Global GovernanceJONATHAN LUCKHURST3. Contesting Institutional Design from a Global South Perspective: The Debate over ‘Big’ and ‘Small’ Membership from Bandung to the BRICS/NDBANDREW F. COOPER4. Bound to Abstain? The BRICS Response to the Russia-Ukraine CrisisMAREK REWIZORSKI5. The Responses of Emerging Global South Powers to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Implications for the Global Distribution of PowerJAKUB ZAJĄCZKOWSKI AND SAROJ KUMAR ARYAL6. Whose Norms and Values: Contestation or Compliance? The Emerging Global South Powers Towards Norms and Principles on the Use of Force in International RelationsDOROTA HEIDRICHPART IIIGlobal South, Continuity and Change: Regional/National Trends and Perspectives7. BRICS and Their Influence in South America: The Costs and Risks of a Lack of LeadershipJUAN CARLOS LADINES AZALIA AND NIALL DUGGAN8. China and the Evolution of the BRICS New Development BankJIEJIN ZHU9. Brazil and the Challenges of Global Governance in the Face of the Rise of the Global South: Continuities, Hesitations, and the Quest for LeadershipWILLIAM DALDEGAN AND CARLOS EDUARDO CARVALHO10. Global (Dis)order and India’s Quest for Global South Leadership: An Initial SurveySHANTANU CHAKRABARTI11. Indonesia's Middle Power Diplomacy during COVID-19: A Multi-pronged ApproachRANDY W. NANDYATAMA, IRFAN ARDHANI AND RIZKY ALIF ALVIAN12. Lost in Ambiguity: Georgia's Stance towards the Russian Invasion of UkraineARKADIUSZ MODRZEJEWSKI, LASHA BAZHUNAISHVILI AND ZVIAD ABASHIDZE13. Transformative Times: Saudi Arabia's Evolving Foreign Policy Amid Global CrisesWOJCIECH GRABOWSKI14. Investment Agreement in Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Implication in Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)PORNCHAI WISUTTISAK AND SANG CHUL PAR

Marek Rewizorski is a political scientist and lawyer, Professor at the Institute of Political Science, and Head of the Department of Global and Regional Studies at the University of Gdańsk. Principal investigator in research grants SONATA (2011-2014) and OPUS (2017-2020) awarded by the National Science Centre in Poland, member of EISA and ISA, expert of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) and National Centre of Science (NCN), visiting researcher at the European University Institute in Florence (June 2018).Andrew F. Cooper is University Research Chair, Department of Political Science, and Professor, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo, Canada. From 2004 to 2010 he was Associate Director and Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). Holding a D.Phil. from Oxford University, he was a Fulbright Research Chair, Annenberg Center on Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California in 2009, the Léger Fellow, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada in 1993-1994, as well as Visiting Professor, International Relations and Governance Studies Department, Shiv Nadar University, India, in January-February 2O19. In 2019 he was the first recipient of the Distinguished Studies Award, Diplomatic Studies Section, International Studies Association.

''A must-read for anyone seeking to understand the evolving role of the Global South in reshaping global governance. Insightful and timely, it offers nuanced perspectives on BRICS, middle powers, and international order transitions."- Oliver Della Costa Stuenkel is a political analyst, speaker and a Professor at the School of International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) in São Paulo."This collection is truly ground-breaking in opening up the metaphor of ‘Global South’, offering new perspectives on the "political South" that compare the varying interests, values and roles of impactful Southern states, societies, and regions in reshaping global governance and the global order – BRICS and beyond."- Gregory T. Chin, Associate Professor of Political Economy and Political Science, York University, Canada

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsList of Abbreviations and AcronymsPART IIntroductionConnecting Embedded Conceptual Debates and ‘Zeitenwende’: The Trajectory of International Order from the Perspective of the Global SouthMAREK REWIZORSKI AND ANDREW F. COOPERPART IIGlobal South, Continuity and Change: Global Trends and Perspectives1. Southern World Order? How the Domestic Politics of the BRICS Countries and Russia’s Ukraine War Shape Global GovernanceSTEFAN A. SCHIRM2. From Pluralism to Contested Pluralism in Global GovernanceJONATHAN LUCKHURST3. Contesting Institutional Design from a Global South Perspective: The Debate over ‘Big’ and ‘Small’ Membership from Bandung to the BRICS/NDBANDREW F. COOPER4. Bound to Abstain? The BRICS Response to the Russia-Ukraine CrisisMAREK REWIZORSKI5. The Responses of Emerging Global South Powers to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Implications for the Global Distribution of PowerJAKUB ZAJĄCZKOWSKI AND SAROJ KUMAR ARYAL6. Whose Norms and Values: Contestation or Compliance? The Emerging Global South Powers Towards Norms and Principles on the Use of Force in International RelationsDOROTA HEIDRICHPART IIIGlobal South, Continuity and Change: Regional/National Trends and Perspectives7. BRICS and Their Influence in South America: The Costs and Risks of a Lack of LeadershipJUAN CARLOS LADINES AZALIA AND NIALL DUGGAN8. China and the Evolution of the BRICS New Development BankJIEJIN ZHU9. Brazil and the Challenges of Global Governance in the Face of the Rise of the Global South: Continuities, Hesitations, and the Quest for LeadershipWILLIAM DALDEGAN AND CARLOS EDUARDO CARVALHO10. Global (Dis)order and India’s Quest for Global South Leadership: An Initial SurveySHANTANU CHAKRABARTI11. Indonesia's Middle Power Diplomacy during COVID-19: A Multi-pronged ApproachRANDY W. NANDYATAMA, IRFAN ARDHANI AND RIZKY ALIF ALVIAN12. Lost in Ambiguity: Georgia's Stance towards the Russian Invasion of UkraineARKADIUSZ MODRZEJEWSKI, LASHA BAZHUNAISHVILI AND ZVIAD ABASHIDZE13. Transformative Times: Saudi Arabia's Evolving Foreign Policy Amid Global CrisesWOJCIECH GRABOWSKI14. Investment Agreement in Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Implication in Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)PORNCHAI WISUTTISAK AND SANG CHUL PAR

Marek Rewizorski is a political scientist and lawyer, Professor at the Institute of Political Science, and Head of the Department of Global and Regional Studies at the University of Gdańsk. Principal investigator in research grants SONATA (2011-2014) and OPUS (2017-2020) awarded by the National Science Centre in Poland, member of EISA and ISA, expert of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) and National Centre of Science (NCN), visiting researcher at the European University Institute in Florence (June 2018).Andrew F. Cooper is University Research Chair, Department of Political Science, and Professor, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo, Canada. From 2004 to 2010 he was Associate Director and Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). Holding a D.Phil. from Oxford University, he was a Fulbright Research Chair, Annenberg Center on Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California in 2009, the Léger Fellow, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada in 1993-1994, as well as Visiting Professor, International Relations and Governance Studies Department, Shiv Nadar University, India, in January-February 2O19. In 2019 he was the first recipient of the Distinguished Studies Award, Diplomatic Studies Section, International Studies Association.

''A must-read for anyone seeking to understand the evolving role of the Global South in reshaping global governance. Insightful and timely, it offers nuanced perspectives on BRICS, middle powers, and international order transitions."- Oliver Della Costa Stuenkel is a political analyst, speaker and a Professor at the School of International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) in São Paulo."This collection is truly ground-breaking in opening up the metaphor of ‘Global South’, offering new perspectives on the "political South" that compare the varying interests, values and roles of impactful Southern states, societies, and regions in reshaping global governance and the global order – BRICS and beyond."- Gregory T. Chin, Associate Professor of Political Economy and Political Science, York University, Canada

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsList of Abbreviations and AcronymsPART IIntroductionConnecting Embedded Conceptual Debates and ‘Zeitenwende’: The Trajectory of International Order from the Perspective of the Global SouthMAREK REWIZORSKI AND ANDREW F. COOPERPART IIGlobal South, Continuity and Change: Global Trends and Perspectives1. Southern World Order? How the Domestic Politics of the BRICS Countries and Russia’s Ukraine War Shape Global GovernanceSTEFAN A. SCHIRM2. From Pluralism to Contested Pluralism in Global GovernanceJONATHAN LUCKHURST3. Contesting Institutional Design from a Global South Perspective: The Debate over ‘Big’ and ‘Small’ Membership from Bandung to the BRICS/NDBANDREW F. COOPER4. Bound to Abstain? The BRICS Response to the Russia-Ukraine CrisisMAREK REWIZORSKI5. The Responses of Emerging Global South Powers to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Implications for the Global Distribution of PowerJAKUB ZAJĄCZKOWSKI AND SAROJ KUMAR ARYAL6. Whose Norms and Values: Contestation or Compliance? The Emerging Global South Powers Towards Norms and Principles on the Use of Force in International RelationsDOROTA HEIDRICHPART IIIGlobal South, Continuity and Change: Regional/National Trends and Perspectives7. BRICS and Their Influence in South America: The Costs and Risks of a Lack of LeadershipJUAN CARLOS LADINES AZALIA AND NIALL DUGGAN8. China and the Evolution of the BRICS New Development BankJIEJIN ZHU9. Brazil and the Challenges of Global Governance in the Face of the Rise of the Global South: Continuities, Hesitations, and the Quest for LeadershipWILLIAM DALDEGAN AND CARLOS EDUARDO CARVALHO10. Global (Dis)order and India’s Quest for Global South Leadership: An Initial SurveySHANTANU CHAKRABARTI11. Indonesia's Middle Power Diplomacy during COVID-19: A Multi-pronged ApproachRANDY W. NANDYATAMA, IRFAN ARDHANI AND RIZKY ALIF ALVIAN12. Lost in Ambiguity: Georgia's Stance towards the Russian Invasion of UkraineARKADIUSZ MODRZEJEWSKI, LASHA BAZHUNAISHVILI AND ZVIAD ABASHIDZE13. Transformative Times: Saudi Arabia's Evolving Foreign Policy Amid Global CrisesWOJCIECH GRABOWSKI14. Investment Agreement in Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Implication in Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)PORNCHAI WISUTTISAK AND SANG CHUL PAR