Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 . Ph.D Candidate of International Relations, Tarbiat Modares University(Corresponding Author),

2 Associate Professor of International Relations, Tarbiat Modares University,

3 Associate Professor of International Relations , Tarbiat Modares University,

Abstract

China actively participated in the BRICS initiative in recent years. China uses the BRICS membership to forge political-economic power and present its dissatisfaction with the distribution of power in international politics. This paper examines the process of China-led BRICS operation to redistribute power under certain conditions. The authors use a historical method and descriptive-analytical approach based on library resources to investigate the roots and logic of China's strategy in initiatives such as the BRICS in a US-dominated world. The findings show that China has pursued a Grand-pattern of balancing at the domestic and foreign levels; therefore, active participation in initiatives such as BRICS represents an aspect of external balance of the Chinese grand  pattern To redistribute power through a soft balance strategy. The authors further identify the major soft balancing tactics that China employs through the BRICS, including  Economic diplomacy .
 
 

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