... highlighted that, even without factoring in the pandemic,
840 million individuals may still be undernourished by 2030.
Despite facing challenges with its agricultural practices, India has a valuable opportunity to support developing nations in the Global South. India can significantly enhance global food security by sharing its agricultural knowledge and collaborating with various stakeholders. This initiative could strengthen India’s position in the Global South and make a compelling case for ...
... the face of the unwillingness of the Western countries to give up their neo-colonial practices of siphoning off the riches of the world for their own benefit. You can simply look at the statistics to see how many promises to fund development in the Global South and transfer environmentally friendly technologies have been honoured.
The current UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, just like Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon before him, has put forward an initiative under the slogan of giving a new start ...
Respondent: Dr. Shoaib Khan. Visiting Faculty, Centre for Central Eurasian Studies, University of Mumbai; Founder and President, ALFAAZ Education and Cultural Society, Mumbai.
Interviewer: Dr. Liudmila A. Pechishcheva. Associate professor at RSUH.
The Global South can be regarded as one of the most discussed issues on today’s agenda. Not having formed a special bloc the South Globe states play an essential part on the world and regional arena. One of the main pillars in the South Globe is India that ...
The shift of leadership in nuclear power development from the Global North to the Global South is a natural process of transformation in global energy markets
The role of nuclear power in the world’s energy mix has long been a topic of intense debate among experts, politicians and business leaders. In the mid-20th century, it was ...
... sovereignty. The GDC, which equalizes the roles of state, civil society and businesses—using a Western approach to human rights and a gender narrative—primarily strengthens the Global North which already leads in the said areas. On the other hand, the Global South focuses on digital sovereignty and bridging the digital divide, combating digital neo-colonialism and data neo-colonialism to make the digital space truly inclusive, placing these issues as its top priority. Not wishing to politicize the ...
BRICS intends to turn itself into one of the most articulated voices of all the Global South, which so far remains grossly underrepresented within most multilateral international institutions
The Kazan BRICS Declaration—is a sizeable document containing 134 points, some of which make quite long paragraphs. The last similar Declaration,...
... multiple initiatives. On the one hand, they began to create new blocks, such as the QUAD, AUKUS, and the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment. These blocks are exclusive in nature and are created with two goals. First, to weaken the Global South and those supporting multipolarity, and second, to divide the Global South. This goes in line with the Western philosophy of divide and rule.
Second, hegemony must be maintained by any means or at any cost. For that purpose, the US and its ...
... reconciled. The broad range of these issues extends to both security and development dimensions. The importance of this role that BRICS can play is going to increase over time—the group can become one of the most efficient mechanisms that the rising Global South has withing its reach to make its voice listened to in the future discussions on the new world order.
BRICS is capable of contributing to the dialogue of civilizations.
The importance of a direct dialogue between different civilizations bypassing ...
... acquaintances, exchange views on matters of common interest and have fun interacting with fellow club members.
Alexander Korolev:
To BRICS or Not to BRICS: the Group’s Future After Expansion
This is probably one of the main reasons why many nations of the Global South want to join BRICS. An important feature of BRICS is that the entrance ticket is free, and there are no membership fees. You don't have to meet numerous accession criteria or high institutional standards; you are not expected to make heavy ...
... cannot afford healthy food, 675 million do not have access to electricity, 2 billion cannot access safe drinking water, and 250 million kids are out of school.
Therefore, the existing model is neither fair nor sustainable. Against this backdrop, the Global South, including sane voices from the Global North, asked to reform global systems and institutions, including the United Nations, the UN Security Council, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, etc. Unfortunately, existing powers did ...
