The shockwaves of the 2007-09 economic crisis exposed both a significant shift in global economic power and a weakness of governance mechanisms to respond and correct. Influence and authority in world affairs is slipping away from traditional poles in the industrialized North, requiring a new power sharing arrangement with the rising economic powers in the global South. The Bellagio workshop will explore the roles of China, India, Brazil and South Africa as emerging centres of regional and global authority, as the international system reshapes itself in the wake of crisis. It will also be the first meeting of an ESRC Rising Powers Network, coordinated by Chatham House and CIGI.