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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">BRICS+: Current Agenda</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">BRICS+: Current Agenda</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>БРИКС+: актуальная повестка</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">50284</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">EXZXAJ</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading"><subject>POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGIES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">BRICS as an Emerging Model of Non-Western Multilateralism in the Age of Geopolitical Realignment: Conceptualizingthe Pluralistic Partnership Forum</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>БРИКС как формирующаяся модель незападного многостороннего сотрудничества в эпоху геополитической перестройки: концептуализация плюралистического партнерского форума</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5671-8842</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Gupta</surname><given-names>Amit Kumar</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Гупта</surname><given-names>Амир Кумар</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доцент кафедры политологии и государственного управления</p></bio><email>akgupta.ggv@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4639-3642</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Bharti</surname><given-names>Sameer</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Бхарти</surname><given-names>Самир</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Master of Political Science, PhD Research Scholar, Department of Political Science</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>магистр политологии, PhD-исследователь, факультет политологии</p></bio><email>contactsameerbharti@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Гуру Гасидас Вишвавидьялая</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>1</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 1, NO1 (2025)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 1, №1 (2025)</issue-title><fpage>57</fpage><lpage>67</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-05-21"><day>21</day><month>05</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Gupta A.K., Bharti S.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Гупта А.К., Бхарти С.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Gupta A.K., Bharti S.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Гупта А.К., Бхарти С.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://bricsplus-j.ru/BRICSplusJournal/article/view/50284">https://bricsplus-j.ru/BRICSplusJournal/article/view/50284</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Amidst a rapidly changing global order, BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) has emerged as a distinctive form of international cooperation. Unlike traditional international or regional organizations, or even mini-lateral groupings, BRICS functions as a heterogeneous, consensus-driven platform that emphasizes pluralism, sovereignty, and flexible cooperation without binding treaties or supranational authority. In the context of shifting power dynamics, it represents a new league model of cooperation among emerging powers. Acknowledging this distinctiveness, the article introduces the concept of a ‘Pluralistic Partnership Forum’ to explain the actual working of this organizational form. BRICS uniqueness lies in its diversity across continents, political systems, and economic models, which is further reinforced through ‘BRICS+’. It seeks to offer an alternative to Western-dominated multilateralism by promoting South-South cooperation, advancing development finance through the New Development Bank, and advocating reforms in the global financial architecture. Importantly, BRICS challenges Western monetary dominance, global payment system asymmetries, and the weaponization of the U.S. dollar, while working within the existing order to expand emerging economies’ agency. Understanding BRICS as a ‘Pluralistic Partnership Forum’ provides new analytical insights into the evolution of non-Western multilateralism and underscores its potential as a model for post-Western global cooperation and order-building.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>На фоне стремительно меняющегося мирового порядка БРИКС (Бразилия, Россия, Индия, Китай и Южная Африка) выступает как особая форма международного сотрудничества. В отличие от традиционных международных или региональных организаций, а также минилатеральных группировок БРИКС функционирует как гетерогенная, основанная на консенсусе платформа, подчеркивающая плюрализм, суверенитет и гибкое сотрудничество без обязательных договоров и наднациональных полномочий. В условиях изменения глобального баланса сил объединение представляет собой новую лигу взаимодействия между государствами с формирующейся мощью. Признавая эту специфику, в статье вводится концепция плюралистического партнерского форума для объяснения реального механизма функционирования данной организационной формы. Уникальность БРИКС заключается в его многообразии, охватывающем разные континенты, политические системы и экономические модели, что дополнительно усиливается форматом БРИКС+. Объединение стремится предложить альтернативу западно ориентированному многостороннему порядку, продвигая сотрудничество Юг-Юг, развивая финансовую архитектуру через Новый банк развития и выступая за реформы глобальной финансовой системы. Особое значение имеет вызов, который БРИКС бросает западному монетарному доминированию, асимметриям глобальной платежной системы и «оружейнизации» доллара США, одновременно работая внутри существующего порядка для расширения возможностей развивающихся экономик. Понимание БРИКС как плюралистического партнерского форума дает новые аналитические перспективы для изучения эволюции незападного многостороннего взаимодействия и подчеркивает потенциал объединения как модели постзападного глобального сотрудничества и формирования нового мирового порядка.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Pluralistic Partnership Forum</kwd><kwd>Positive Soft Power</kwd><kwd>De-Dollarization</kwd><kwd>Liberal International Economic Order</kwd><kwd>Consen- sus Driven Diplomacy</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>плюралистический партнерский форум</kwd><kwd>позитивная мягкая сила</kwd><kwd>дедолларизация</kwd><kwd>либеральный международный экономический порядок</kwd><kwd>дипломатия</kwd><kwd>основанная на консенсусе</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta><fn-group/></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Kentikelenis, A., &amp; Voeten, E. (2021). 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