2. A contested invention
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‘A contested invention’ outlines the development of the BRICS group. The building blocks were in place for a stand-alone forum prior to 2009, but the catalytic moment came with the global financial crisis. As participants in the initial G20 summit in Washington DC in November 2008, all the BRIC leaders became willing members of a recalibrated global hierarchy. However, the decision by the BRIC countries to establish a diplomatic club of their own can be tied both to their rising economic and political weight and to a shared sense that their elevated status was not adequately reflected in existing international institutions dominated by developed states.
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