Part I. Texts from roundtable I BRICS: notes and questions - Gelson Fonseca jr. BRICS: genesis and evolution - Maria Edileuza Fontenele Reis BRICS: identity and economic agenda: notes by a diplomatic observer – Valdemar Carneiro Leão Brazil, BRICS and the innovative scene – Ronaldo Mota A new confirmation of power – Affonso Celso de Ouro-Preto Brazil, BRICS and the international agenda – Alberto Pfeifer Brazil, BRICS and the international agenda: skepticism, intersections and opportunities – Antonio Jorge Ramalho BRICS: from smart acronym to influetial fórum – Carlos Eduardo Lins da Silva BRIC to BRICS in a world in transition – Carlos Márcio Cozendey Brazil, BRICS and the international agenda – Lenina Pomeranz Brazil, the other BRICS and the privative sector agenda – José Augsto Baptista Neto, Gustavo Cupertino Domingues and Alisson Braga de Andrade Brazilian commercial and investiment relations wirh the other BRICS countries – Marcio Pochmann Brazil, BRICS and the international agenda – Marcos costa Lima Brazil, BRICS:= and the institucionalization of the international conflict – Maria Regina Soares de Lima, Daniel Ricardo Castelan The political-strategic dimensions of the BRICS: between panacea and skepticism – Paulo Fagundes Visentini The BRICS and the financial G20 – Renato Baumann Neither restorers nor reformers: the minimalist and selective international engagement of the BRICS – Ricardo Sennes What is the common ground in the BRICS agenda? – Sandra Polônia Rios Brazil and the BRICS: policy paper – Rubens Barbosa Brazil, BRICS and global challenges – Oliver Stuenkel BRICS: the new “place” of the concept – Flávio S. Damico BRICS and the changesin the international order – João Pontes Nogueira Brazil, BRICS and the international agenda – Sérgio Amaral Brazil, BRICS and the international agenda – Rubens Ricupero Part II. Texts from the third round table BRICS: changing the focus of the debate – Valdemar Carneiro Leão The BRICS in the IMF and the G20 – Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr. The BRICS and the construction of a new international financial architecture – Fernando Pimentel Brazil, BRICS and the international agenda – Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg Russia on BRICS: expectations and reality – Fyodor Lukyanov Indian perspective on the BRICS: enthusiastic, elusive, and still evolving – Varun Sahni