The BRICS Order: Assertive or Complementing the West?

Introduction.- Autochthonous routes to democracy: assessing the BRICS polities.- BRICS, Brazil and Africa: economic potential and challenges.- Ambiguity or strategic play? distilling india's BRICS relations.- China, economic partnership, common development and Brics.- Manna from heaven-South Africa's search for relevance in the BRICS constellation.- China-India strains: whither the BRICS?.- BRICS-Africa cooperation in perspective: the case of Kenya.- African perceptions of the BRICS: optimistic, pessimistic or pragmatic?.- BRICS and beyond: some principles of educational collaboration in the global south.- The global south and industry 4.0: historical development and future trajectories.- BRICS and industry 4.0.- The BRICS new development bank.- Conclusion.