Zaitseva M. The interaction of the BRICS in the post-bipolar world: structure, trends, prospects.

The thesis are a conceptual analysis of modifications of international cooperation in the context of globalization devoted, structuring factors of the BRICS as an international actor defined and applied aspects of the BRICS interaction in the world analyzed. The paper is based on a synthesis of theoretical and methodological approaches to the informal associations influence on international relations, determine the author's position on political, economic and security factors of the BRICS partnership, research trends and practices of the informal association in an international area. The paper presents the author's study on the prospects of the potential impact of the G-7 and the BRICS on the world policy and it found that in the political sphere the cumulative effect of the G-7 on the processes of global governance is relatively high compared to the BRICS, in economic area in the existing G-7 advantages BRICS could become an alternative to Western economic and financial institutions, in the security sector it presents significant contradictions through multidirectional national interests and aspirations of individual countries to coordinate military cooperation. An investigation of structuring the BRICS as an international actor predetermined conclusions on further strengthening cooperation Brazil, Russia, India, China and the South Africa which could be seen as an urgent need for members of the group in support of national interests and a need for intensification of cooperation in the format of association. It established that the political factor concerning strengthening cooperation with countries outside the BRICS, as well as with international organizations and forums in promising areas of activity; economic factor indicates the BRICS strategy on forming an alternative world economic center, coordination of macroeconomic policies and enhance resilience to external economic transformations, the problem of poverty, unemployment and social engagement, accelerate innovative economic development based on new technologies; contemporary security factor for the trend of the advantages of national strategies within the BRICS joint initiatives to maintain international peace and stability. As for the unity of interests on internal development of BRICS, we can distinguish the practice of partnership as sectoral cooperation, as part of BRICS format and in parallel format RIC, IBSA and BASIC to exploit the potential of multilateral cooperation. In contrast to the problems of internal development of BRICS countries include different positions to create full-length secretariat of the association, special approaches to the process of institutionalization and adoption of the statute.