The Global South: a unifying slogan or a new force?
The war in Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change. When it comes to major international events we often hear about the problems and challenges...
How diplomacy replaced oil as the new ‘prize’ in the Middle East
Thirty years ago, the consensus of many analysts looking at the Middle East from the West was that oil in the Gulf was one...
What the World Gets Wrong about Latin America’s Foreign Policy
The Global North has three major misconceptions about Latin America’s foreign policy. First, the region is assumed to be a homogeneous and turbulent group...
Indonesia’s Refusal to Join BRICS and Geopolitical Dynamics
On August 24, during the 15th BRICS Summit at Johannesburg, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and...
BRICS allies, ‘memory diplomacy’: Russia is hard at work to expand its global influence
Since the start of the Ukraine war, there have been numerous diplomatic visits by Russian officials to Africa and Latin America aiming at boosting...
BRICS Summit to Feature More Than 70 Heads of State
With the upcoming event just a few weeks away, more news is surfacing regarding the Johhanseburg gathering for the BRICS bloc. Now, South Africa...
An Asian Clone of the IMF Won’t Solve Global Inequality
An Asian challenger to the International Monetary Fund has garnered support from China. But without a radical departure from the existing neoliberal model, more...
Xi Seeks to Build Anti-Western Coalition With SCO
The latest (virtual) summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has given Xi Jinping, with Russian President Vladimir Putin hanging on to his coattails, a...