The last two decades have witnessed fundamental shifts in international economic dynamics and the gradual reshaping of global political relationships and collaborations. In particular, emerging powers in the global south are now playing a much more prominent role in the global economy and are beginning to rewrite transnational political frameworks. As their economic clout has grown, these emerging powers have also begun playing a more important role in providing development assistance to other countries in the global south. They have become more visible in extending humanitarian assistance following natural disasters such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Increasingly, these emerging powers are also supporting countries emerging from civil conflict and beginning the process of reconstructing their polities, economies and societies.