Argentina's Energy Strategy in a Multipolar World: Opportunities and Challenges in Relations with BRICS Countries

Abstract

This article analyses Argentina's energy strategy in the context of a multipolar international order, focusing on its relationship with the BRICS countries. It examines Argentina's role as a supplier of strategic energy resources and as a recipient of foreign direct investment from China, Russia, Brazil, India and South Africa. The central hypothesis is that this insertion occurs within a framework of structural asymmetric interdependence. In this framework, China leads the control of the lithium chain, Russia plays a dominant role in nuclear technology, and Brazil exercises regional influence in hydrocarbons. This limits Argentina's margins of strategic autonomy. Drawing on contributions from international political economy, the theoretical approach uses concepts such as structural power, relative autonomy, and multipolarity to explain how energy  dynamics  reflect  unequal  power  relations.  The  qualitative  methodology

combines source analysis with case studies representative of Argentina's bilateral relations with China, Russia and Brazil. This article contributes to the debate on the role of intermediate powers in the Global South in disputes over resources and leadership in the energy transition.