Marco Vieira is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has published in leading journals such as Review of International Studies, Third World Quarterly, Environmental Politics, Foreign Policy Analysis and Global Governance. He is the co-author of The South in World Politics (2010).Jonathan Grix is a Reader in Sport Policy and Politics in the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences and Director of the Sport Policy Centre at the University of Birmingham, UK. His latest books include Sport under Communism. Behind the East German "Miracle" (co-authored with Mike Dennis) (2012); Understanding UK Sport Policy in Context (co-edited with Lesley Phillpots), 2014) and Sport Politics: An Introduction (2016).

• 1. Introduction: Challenges to Emerging and Established Powers: Brazil and the United Kingdom in the Contemporary Global Order 2. Brazil’s Role in Institutions of Global Economic Governance: The WTO and G20 3. Global Economic Governance and the British Economy: From the Gold Standard to the G20 4. Organisation and Politics in South–South Cooperation: Brazil’s Technical Cooperation in Africa 5. DFID, the Private Sector and the Re-centring of an Economic Growth Agenda in International Development 6. Emerging Brazil: The Challenges of Liberal Peace and Global Governance 7. Three Emerging Security Challenges for the UK 8. Regionalism as an Instrument: Assessing Brazil’s Relations with its Neighbourhood 9. Europe’s British Question: The UK–EU Relationship in a Changing Europe and Multipolar World 10. Brazilian Energy-Climate Policy and Politics towards Low Carbon Development 11. The UK and Emerging Countries in the Climate Regime: Whither Leadership? 12. Interrogating States’ Soft Power Strategies: A Case Study of Sports Mega-Events in Brazil and the UK

Marco Vieira is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has published in leading journals such as Review of International Studies, Third World Quarterly, Environmental Politics, Foreign Policy Analysis and Global Governance. He is the co-author of The South in World Politics (2010).Jonathan Grix is a Reader in Sport Policy and Politics in the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences and Director of the Sport Policy Centre at the University of Birmingham, UK. His latest books include Sport under Communism. Behind the East German "Miracle" (co-authored with Mike Dennis) (2012); Understanding UK Sport Policy in Context (co-edited with Lesley Phillpots), 2014) and Sport Politics: An Introduction (2016).

• 1. Introduction: Challenges to Emerging and Established Powers: Brazil and the United Kingdom in the Contemporary Global Order 2. Brazil’s Role in Institutions of Global Economic Governance: The WTO and G20 3. Global Economic Governance and the British Economy: From the Gold Standard to the G20 4. Organisation and Politics in South–South Cooperation: Brazil’s Technical Cooperation in Africa 5. DFID, the Private Sector and the Re-centring of an Economic Growth Agenda in International Development 6. Emerging Brazil: The Challenges of Liberal Peace and Global Governance 7. Three Emerging Security Challenges for the UK 8. Regionalism as an Instrument: Assessing Brazil’s Relations with its Neighbourhood 9. Europe’s British Question: The UK–EU Relationship in a Changing Europe and Multipolar World 10. Brazilian Energy-Climate Policy and Politics towards Low Carbon Development 11. The UK and Emerging Countries in the Climate Regime: Whither Leadership? 12. Interrogating States’ Soft Power Strategies: A Case Study of Sports Mega-Events in Brazil and the UK