The Rising Brazil And Its Role In The BRICS Cooperation

Brazil’s great power identity is determined by its huge country size and rich resource, while its long-time desire and unremitting fighting for great power status ultimately brought opportunities for its rise. Democratization movement and the Real Plan laid a solid foundation for Brazil’s stability and development, and the huge market demand both inside and outside led to a rapid development of its economy in the era of economic globalization. The rising of the country’s hard and soft power promoted Brazilian diplomacy transform from dependence to equality. Brazil’s rise will lead the established order adjust in five levels:South America, Latin America, the Americas, the Atlantic Ocean and the world. For these five levels, Brazil has formulated three strategies:preferred regional strategy for South American integration, balanced strategy with the developed countries such as United States and Europe, and the strategy to strengthen South-South cooperation with developing countries. In diplomatic practice, the South-South cooperation with developing countries is easier to implement, Brazil’s boosting role in the cooperation of BRICS is the performance of this strategy."BRICS" which created by an economist has gradually moved into a historical period of building substantive cooperation mechanisms in the first round of five years. Depth development of the BRICS cooperation is benefit to the balanced growth of the world economy; it contributes to democratization of international relations; it is conducive to a more rational and effective system of global governance; it is also a strong impetus to the development trend of world multi-polarization. BRICS has become a new historic opportunities for Brazil’s rise.To boost BRICS cooperation, Brazil could share development opportunities achieve a stable and sustainable economic growth; can get rid of dependence and realize the strategic balance with Western countries; can accumulate strength to push on the process of regional integration; can expand its influence and fight for broad support to become the the permanent member of UNSC;can promote reforms, and rise in the adjustment of the world order. Brazil played a positive promoting role in the political, economic, global governance and cooperation mechanisms aspects. BRICS will also play a positive role in helping Brazil’s national development and foreign strategy which include the regional integration strategy and the balancing developed countries strategy.Choose a foreign strategy that is in line with the country’s own national conditions and carry it out flexibly. The big power should pay attention to combination of the international responsibility and multilateral and mutually beneficial cooperation in its growth. Promote model innovation in South-South cooperation as BRICS. All the three inspirations above from Brazil’s boosting in BRICS are worth learning for the developing countries including China.