Emerging power explained

An emerging power or rising power is a sovereign state or union of states with significant rising influence in global affairs. Such a power aspires to have a more powerful position or role in international relations, either regionally or globally, and possess sufficient resources and levels of development that such goals are potentially achievable.

Characteristics

There are few available conceptualizations of the term "emerging power". Therefore, there is no standard or agreed method to decide which states are emerging powers. However, a fundamental characteristic of an emerging power is that it is also an emerging economy, being that economic development is necessary and preliminary to political and military emergence.^[1] It has been argued that while a country may be an emerging power, it is above anything else an emerging economy with only the potential or hope of increasing their global influence. This is because of several limiting factors, largely the seven dimensions of state power: geography, population, economy, resources, military, diplomacy, and national identity.^[2] Traditionally, only great powers or superpowers have succeeded in all seven dimensions of state power.

The BRICS^[3] are often cited as being emerging powers, but at varying stages of development and of varying degrees of potential. For example, Russia, which was once a superpower, is now re-emerging in some aspects of state power following the fall of the Soviet Union. China and India are emerging as potential superpowers, while Brazil is emerging as a possible great power.^{[4] [5] [6]}

List of emerging powers

The term emerging power is often used to delineate the following G20 countries:
Advanced economies and/or developed countries of the G20 major economies

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Emerging markets and/or developing countries of the G20 major economies

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Although there is no exact and agreed upon definition of what constitutes an emerging power, the term has sometimes been also applied to the following other countries:

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See also

• Middle power
• Global Swing States
• MINT (economics)
• G20
• G4 nations
• Asian Century
• New world order (politics)
• Post-9/11
• Post–Cold War era
• Post-Western era

External links

• Centre for Rising Powers, University of Cambridge
• Rising Powers Initiative, George Washington University
• Rising Powers In International Development Programme
• Post Western World, Getúlio Vargas Foundation
• Project on International Order and Strategy, Brookings Institution

Notes and References

1. Book: Kennedy, Paul. The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. registration. 1987. Random House. 0679-720197.
2. Book: The European Union and Emerging Powers in the 21st Century: How Europe Can Shape a New Global Order. 2013. Thomas. Renard. Sven. Biscop.
3. Web site: The Emerging Politics of the Emerging Powers: The BRICs and the Global South . The China Monitor . Centre For Chinese Studies . Shaw . Timothy M. . Cornelissen . Scarlett . Liliana Avendãno . Miranda . McDonald . Matthew . University of Stellenbosch, South Africa . June 2010 . 52 . 4 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131204011005/http://www.ccs.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/China_Monitor_JUNE_2010.pdf . 4 December 2013 .
4. Web site: Brazil as an Emerging Power: The View from the United States . 2023-07-31 . Council on Foreign Relations . en.
5. Web site: June 28, 2016 . CHAPTER ONE - Brazil, the Emerging Powers, and the Future of the International Order . July 31, 2023 . Brookings Institution.
6. Web site: Aspirational Power . 2023-07-31 . Brookings . en-US.
7. http://www.moderndiplomacy.eu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=652:what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-emerging-power&Itemid=768 What does it mean to be an Emerging Power?
8. https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/JIPA/Display/Article/3212634/the-growth-of-south-korean-soft-power-and-its-geopolitical-implications/ The Growth of South Korean Soft Power and Its Geopolitical Implications
9. http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/researchpublications/prb0570-e.htm Parliamentary Information and Research Service: Emerging Powers in the global system
10. Stacy White, CSIS: Emerging Powers, Emerging Donors, Published February 2011
11. http://fride.org/descarga/com_emerging_powers_eng_abr08.pdf FRIDE: The international arena and emerging powers: stabilising or destabilising forces?
12. Web site: The Mint countries: Next economic giants? . BBC . 6 January 2014 . 27 April 2015.
13. Web site: Mexico has a chance to be the world's 'next great power'. businessinsider.com. June 20, 2019.
14. https://www.thebrokeronline.eu/algeria-the-sleeping-giant-of-north-africa-d12/ Algeria, the Sleeping Giant of North Africa
15. Web site: PricewaterhouseCoopers. Shift of global economic power to emerging economies set to continue in long run, with India, Indonesia and Vietnam among star performers. 2021-06-02. PwC. en-jp.
16. Web site: Colombia: from failed state to Latin American powerhouse. 2021-06-02. www.telegraph.co.uk.
17. Web site: The new world of business. 2021-06-02. Fortune. en.
18. News: Greenwood . John . After BRICs, CIVETS? September 19, 2011 . Online.wsj.com . 2011-09-18 . 2012-06-28.
19. Web site: Egypt among top 10 emerging economies. 22 January 2020.
20. Web site: Rising powers and the future of peacekeeping and peacebuilding.
21. Web site: Emerging Markets - BRICS & CIVETS Resources @ Pitt (Brazil, India, Russia, China, South Africa & Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, South Africa and more . 25 May 2020 . 31 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200731030150/https://pitt.libguides.com/c.php?g=12454&p=66109 . dead .
22. Web site: Will Ethiopia be the next China? . 2022-03-10 . The Week . en.
23. Web site: 5 reasons why Ethiopia could be the next global economy to watch . 2022-03-10 . World Economic Forum . en.
24. Web site: Africa . Somtribune . 2020-08-29 . Ethiopia Can Be Africa's Next Superpower . 2022-03-10 . SomTribune . en-GB.
25. Web site: Ethiopia: East Africa's Emerging Giant . 2022-03-10 . Council on Foreign Relations . en.
26. http://www.saisjournal.org/posts/-iran-an-emerging-power-in-perspective Iran An Emerging Power in Perspective
27. https://www.bworldonline.com/editors-picks/2021/01/10/337988/phl-included-among-emerging-powerhouse-economies/ Philippines included among emerging powerhouse economies
28. Web site: Nigeria, an Emerging African Power . BET . 20 July 2011 . 27 April 2015.
29. Web site: MINT Countries: Nigeria Now Listed Among Emerging World Economic Powers! . The Street Journal . 7 January 2014 . 27 April 2015 . 13 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190513060455/http://thestreetjournal.org/2014/01/mint-countries-nigeria-now-listed-among-emerging-world-economic-powers/ . dead .
30. Web site: EST. Sam Hill On 01/15/20 at 7:00 AM. 2020-01-15. Black China: Africa's first superpower is coming sooner than you think. 2020-12-03. Newsweek. en.
31. Web site: Pakistan emerging as global power. 2018-03-17. www.thenews.com.pk. en.
32. News: Pakistan and Emerging Markets in the World Economy. en. IMF. 2018-03-17.
33. GIGA Research Programme: Power, Norms and Governance in International Relations https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/151160/wp200_shim-flamm.pdf
34. "Secondary regional powers in Huntington's view include Great Britain, Ukraine, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Argentina." See Tom Nierop, "The Clash of Civilisations," in The Territorial Factor, edited by Gertjan Dijkink and Hans Knippenberg (Amsterdam: Vossiuspers UvA, 2001), p. 61.
35. https://www.cfr.org/blog/middle-easts-emerging-power-rise-emirates The Middle East's Emerging Power: The Rise Of The Emirates