Understanding BRICS: Evolution, Leadership, and Relations with the United States
Papa, M. & Han, Z. (2025). The evolution of soft balancing in informal institutions: the case of BRICS. International Affairs 101(1), 73–95. https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae278
Han, Z. & Papa, M. (2024). Leadership and performance in informal institutions: the internal dynamics of BRICS. Contemporary Politics 30(1), 87-107. doi.org/10.1080/13569775.2023.2264065
Papa, M., Han, Z., & O’Donnell, F. (2023). The dynamics of informal institutions and counter-hegemony: introducing a BRICS Convergence Index. European Journal of International Relations 29(4), 960-989. doi.org/10.1177/13540661231183352
Liu, Z. & Papa, M. (2022). Can BRICS de-dollarize the global financial system? (Elements in the Economics of Emerging Markets) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009029544.
Verma, R. & Papa, M. (2021). BRICS amidst India-China rivalry. Global Policy 12 (4): 509-513. In Special Section in Global Policy: “India-China conflict and BRICS: business as usual?” (Introduction) doi: 10.1111/1758-5899.12977.
Papa M. & Verma, R. (2021). Scenarios for BRICS evolution in light of the India-China conflict. Global Policy 12 (4): 539-544. In Special Section in Global Policy: “India-China conflict and BRICS: business as usual?” (Conclusion) doi: 10.1111/1758-5899.13010.
Negotiation Strategies, Multialignment and Multivectorism in Contemporary Diplomacy
FORTHCOMING! Yin, C. & Papa, M. (2025) Designing Wedge Strategies: U.S. Response to China, Russia, and Their Alignments. International Negotiation issue TBD
Locoman, E. & Papa, M. (2022). Transformation of alliances: Mapping Russia’s close relationships in the era of multivectorism. Contemporary Security Policy 43(2): 274-307. doi: 10.1080/13523260.2021.1994692.
Han, Z. & Papa, M. (2022). Brazilian alliance perspectives: Towards a BRICS development-security alliance? Third World Quarterly, 43(5), 1115-1136. doi: 10.1080/01436597.2022.2055539.
O’Donnell F. & Papa, M. (2021). India’s multi-alignment management and the Russia–India–China (RIC) triangle. International Affairs 97 (3): 801-822. doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiab036
On the Evolution of Global Governance
Contributions by M.Papa (2024) to the EU ENSURED project on multilateralism: Can International Institutions Still Deliver? — The Crisis of the Rules-Based Global Order — EU Support for International Institutions.
Papa, M. (2015) Sustainable Global Governance? Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle International Institutions. Global Environmental Politics 15(4): 1-20.
More Publications
For M. Papa’s earlier publications on BRICS—including work on BRICS as a de-dollarization coalition (2013), BRICS in sustainable development diplomacy (2012), and BRICS countries’ views on close relationships, among other articles—see her Google Scholar page.