An emerging power or rising power is a sovereign state or union of states with significant rising influence in global affairs. Such a power aspires to have a more powerful position or role in international relations, either regionally or globally, and possess sufficient resources and levels of development that such goals are potentially achievable.
Characteristics There are few available conceptualizations of the term "emerging power". Therefore, there is no standard or agreed method to decide which states are emerging powers. However, a fundamental characteristic of an emerging power is that it is also an emerging economy, being that economic development is necessary and preliminary to political and military emergence. It has been argued that while a country may be an emerging power, it is above anything else an emerging economy with only the potential or hope of increasing their global influence. This is because of several limiting factors, largely the seven dimensions of state power: geography, population, economy, resources, military, diplomacy, and national identity. Traditionally, only great powers or superpowers have succeeded in all seven dimensions of state power.
The BRICS are often cited as being emerging powers, but at varying stages of development and of varying degrees of potential. For example, Russia, which was once a superpower, is now re-emerging in some aspects of state power following the fall of the Soviet Union. China and India are emerging as potential superpowers, while Brazil is emerging as a possible great power.
List of emerging powers The term emerging power is often used to delineate the following G20 BRICS countries: Advanced economies and/or developed countries of the G20 major economies What does it mean to be an Emerging Power?, moderndiplomacy.eu, 3 May 2015 The Growth of South Korean Soft Power and Its Geopolitical Implications
Emerging markets and/or developing countries of BRICS Stacy White, CSIS: Emerging Powers, Emerging Donors , Published February 2011FRIDE: The international arena and emerging powers: stabilising or destabilising forces? , Susanne Gratius, April 2008
Iran An Emerging Power in Perspective , saisjournal.org, GARY SICK
The Middle East's Emerging Power: The Rise Of The Emirates
Emerging markets and/or developing countries of G20 non BRICS Parliamentary Information and Research Service: Emerging Powers in the global system , parl.gc.ca, 27 March 2006
Although there is no exact and agreed upon definition of what constitutes an emerging power, the term has sometimes been also applied to the following other countries: Algeria, the Sleeping Giant of North Africa
Philippines included among emerging powerhouse economies
GIGA Research Programme: Power, Norms and Governance in International Relations https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/151160/wp200_shim-flamm.pdf"Secondary regional powers in Huntington's view include Great Britain, Ukraine, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Argentina." See Tom Nierop, "The Clash of Civilisations," in The Territorial Factor, edited by Gertjan Dijkink and Hans Knippenberg (Amsterdam: Vossiuspers UvA, 2001), p. 61.
See also
Middle power Multipolar world Global Swing States MINT (economics) G20 G4 nations Asian Century New world order (politics) Post-9/11 Post–Cold War era Post-Western era American Century British Century Chinese Century Indian Century
References
External links Centre for Rising Powers , University of Cambridge Rising Powers Initiative, George Washington University Rising Powers In International Development Programme Post Western World, Getúlio Vargas Foundation Project on International Order and Strategy, Brookings Institution