Integration along the North–South Axis: Opportunities for Coupling

... Andrey Kortunov: Can BRICS Make a Contribution to International Security? For developed nations, coupling the platforms of the Global North with those of the Global South is not so much a matter of assisting the developing world—it is more a matter of ... ... developing world, as is exemplified by the exacerbating competition between the U.S. and China in Asia-Pacific. The nations of ASEAN make the acute competition between Beijing and Washington particularly obvious. This regional bloc exhibits one of the best ...