"BRICS countries, including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, have successfully cooperated among themselves for more than a decade. The countries have served as an important platform for emerging markets and developing countries. The BRICS countries have successfully cooperated in political, economic, cultural and security affairs. The cooperation among BRICs countries has become an important force in stimulating world economic growth, perfecting global governance and improving welfare of people living in BRICs countries. Contributed by more than 20 experts from top think tanks of BRICS member countries, it summarizes the achievements of BRICS cooperation and studies challenges faced by BRICS countries, aiming to find solution for better collaboration of the BRICS member countries and achieve shared prosperity for all"-- Provided by publisher.

Deepen BRICS partnership for a brighter future / Wang Linggui, Zhao Jianglin -- Opportunities and challenges for BRICS countries : the international environment and policy outlook for BRICS countries / Roberto Abdenur -- BRICS and the changing international system / Alexander Lukin -- The role and place of BRICS in the context of globalization / Boris Guseletov -- Are the BRICS nations ready for a new era? / Zhu Caihua -- Difficulties and path of BRICS countries' structural reform / Huang Maoxing -- Dynamics from BRICS countries : a perspective on BRICS development strategies : prospects and issues / Vinod Anand -- Brazil's participation in BRICS cooperation mechanism : strategic consideration and analysis of result / Zhou Zhiwei -- Brazil in the BRICS after Davos 2017: coordinating development strategies in a new epoch / Ana Flavia Barros Platiau, Jorge Gomes do Cravo Barros -- Balance of power and international trade : the perception of the Brazilian public opinion about China and BRICS / Amancio Jorge de Oliveira, Janina Onuki -- Coordinating BRICS strategies : a Russian point of view and suggestions / Georgy Toloraya -- South Africa beware the BRIC bearing BRICS, as the soothsayer hath warned Caesar "Beware the Ides of March!" / Matlotleng Matlou -- Seeking Sino-India development coordination under the Belt and Road Initiative / Lin Minwang -- The development and future of BRICS countries : BRICS towards multi-polarity and global governance / Bali Ram Deepak -- The BRICKS : an attractive and compelling alternative to global governance / Tony Karbo -- Policy suggestions on the co-ordination of BRICS strategies / Renato Galvao Flores -- Soft power, intercultural communication and intercivilizational dialogue as main strategies of development of international cooperation (Guseynova Innara Alyevna) -- A new type of South-South cooperation and BRICS new development bank / Zhu Jiejin -- Appendix The coordination of BRICS development strategies : way to common prosperity -- Sum of 2017 BRICS think-tanks forum and international conference / Wei Siying.