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The UN and the multilateral system are in crisis – what the Global South must do
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Developed countries or territories (IMF) (blue)
Developing countries or territories (IMF) (yellow)
Least developed countries (UN) (red)
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World map showing country classifications per the IMF[1] and the UN[2] (last updated April 2023). The countries in light blue form the “Global North”, the rest are mostly categorized as belonging to the “Global South”, with few exceptions under some listings.
The concept of Global North and Global South (or North–South divide in a global context) is used to describe a grouping of countries along the lines of socio-economic and political characteristics. The Global South is a term that broadly comprises countries in the regions of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia (without Israel, Japan, and South Korea), and Oceania (without Australia and New Zealand), according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).[3][4][a] Most of the countries in the Global South are characterized by low income, dense population, poor infrastructure, and often political or cultural marginalization.[5] The Global South forms one side of the divide; on the other is the Global North (broadly comprising Northern America and Europe, Israel, Japan and South Korea, as well as Australia and New Zealand, according to the UNCTAD).[3][4][a] As such, the terms Global North and Global South do not refer to the cardinal directions of north and south as many of the Global South countries are geographically located in the Northern Hemisphere.
The UN and the multilateral system are in crisis – what the Global South must do
Published: September 28, 2023 2.54pm BST The Conversation
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- Monica Herz Full Professor, Institute of International Relations (PUC-Rio), Associate Dean for Research of the Social Science Center (PUC-Rio), Senior Researcher, BRICS Policy Center, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
- Giancarlo Summa Co-fundador com Mônica Herz do projeto MUDRAL (Multilateralismo e Direita Radical na América Latina), Pesquisador no Centre d’Études Sociologiques et Politiques Raymond Aron (CESPRA), École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
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Continue reading The UN and the multilateral system are in crisis – what the Global South must doThe rules-based international order is quietly disintegrating
It hasn’t been this threatened since the 1930s.
Sept. 25, 2023 6:06 pm ETS, WSJ
The most important fact in world politics is that 19 months after Vladimir Putin challenged the so-called rules-based international order head-on by invading Ukraine, the defense of that order is not going well. The world is less stable today than in February 2022, the enemies of the order hammer away, the institutional foundations of the order look increasingly shaky, and Western leaders don’t yet seem to grasp the immensity of the task before them.
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The Threat of an Authoritarian Century
September 21, 2023 Topic: Authoritarianism Region: Eurasia Tags: AuthoritarianismDemocracyRussiaChinaCold WarGreat Power Competition
Across much of the world, the ideas of a democratic liberal political order, of multilateral international collaboration, and of liberal free-market capitalism are now in retreat.
by Azeem Ibrahim Follow Azeem Ibrahim on TwitterL , nationalinterest.org
The world is in turmoil. Only thirty years after the fall of the USSR and the collapse of its proxy network in Eastern Europe, a land war is being fought in Europe between a democracy and a dictatorship.
When the Cold War ended, we could have scarcely imagined that in just three decades we would be where we are now. We know now that the collapse of the USSR in 1991 did not bring about “the end of history” as prophesied. Instead, it bred complacency among the leaders of the Western democracies, great complacency which has sowed the seeds for the current global anti-democratic reckoning.
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This PacNet was developed as a part of the United States-Japan-Republic of Korea Trilateral Next-Generation Leaders Dialogue to encourage creative thinking about how this vital partnership can be fostered. For the previous entries please click here, here, and here.
In April 2022, the United States launched its “Declaration for the Future of the Internet.” It asserts that human rights and democratic values must remain central to future technological development, innovation, and investment. Along with Japan, South Korea, and 58 other signatories, the United States argued that universal values should be embedded and enhanced at every stage of technological design, implementation, and diffusion. It’s time for the United States and its allies to match words with actions and ensure that developing countries have access to the resources they need to make that future a global reality.
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The AUKUS security agreement, cemented between Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom in September 2021, enhances regional partnership in the Indo-Pacific by facilitating technology sharing, strengthened supply chains, and the acquisition of nuclear powered, conventionally armed submarines for Australia. The pact also creates a pathway to establish engagements focused on renewing, strengthening, and expanding military cooperation between AUKUS, South Korea, and Japan.
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Every two years, athletes from around the world gather to compete in the Olympic Games.
Competitions commence with host nations organizing spectacular opening ceremonies full of pageantry and, at times, peculiarities. At the 1992 Barcelona, Spain, opening ceremony, an archer lit the Olympic torch with a flaming arrow. At the 2012 London opening ceremony, organizers screened a film showing James Bond and Queen Elizabeth II, with stunt doubles later parachuting into the stadium. And in Sochi, Russia, in 2014, the Russian Police Choir kicked off the winter games with a rendition of Daft Punk’s disco-pop hit “Get Lucky.”
CFR: Daily News Brief August 8, 2023
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Thực dân nào ở đâu xa…
SÁNG ÁNH – 07/08/2023 15:49 GMT+7
TTCT – Những cuộc đảo chính liên tiếp ở châu Phi Sahel mấy năm qua cho thấy quá trình độc lập thật sự của các quốc gia này vẫn chưa tới, và cả những tính toán địa chính trị phức tạp từ các cường quốc có truyền thống ảnh hưởng ở khu vực.
Về mặt địa lý, châu Phi thường được chia ra thành mấy vùng. Mặt Bắc Phi là mặt biển Địa Trung Hải, tiện lợi trao đổi với Trung Đông và châu Âu. Ai Cập phồn thịnh từ thượng cổ cũng như khu vực kế cận phía Tây Nam là sừng Phi châu.
Ngay dưới các quốc gia này là sa mạc Sahara khó khăn cho việc sinh sống và buôn bán, chuyển hàng. Châu Phi được coi là “Đen” bắt đầu ở phía nam sa mạc và khu vực tiếp giáp sa mạc được gọi là Sahel. Ngày nay, đây là khu vực cực nghèo của quả đất, tuy Mali chẳng hạn trong quá khứ với những mỏ vàng đã có thời giàu nhất thế giới.
Continue reading Thực dân nào ở đâu xa…CFR: Daily News Brief August 3, 2023
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| Top of the Agenda Nigeria Cuts Power Supply to Niger as Neighbors Debate Coup Response Nigeria cut off its electricity supply to Niger as part of sanctions imposed in response to the military’s decision to overthrow the country’s government last week, AFP reported, while the World Bank announced that it was suspending development aid (AFP) other than private-sector partnerships. A bloc of West African nations led by Nigeria is meeting for a second day of talks today on how to respond to the coup, while U.S. President Joe Biden called today for the release (VOA) of Niger’s ousted president and ordered a partial evacuation of the U.S. embassy in the capital, Niamey. While the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has reacted strongly to the coup with sanctions and threats of military action, Niger’s military has leaned on other military regimes nearby. Yesterday, a Nigerien coup leader met with Mali’s military government (NYT), which has close ties with the Russian private military company Wagner Group. |
Prioritizing Southeast Asia in American China Policy
NEW YORK; August 1, 2023, Asia Society – A new Task Force on U.S.-China Policy report, Prioritizing Southeast Asia in American China Policy, lays out reasons why Southeast Asia is a critically important but under-appreciated region when it comes to U.S. interests and U.S. competition with China, and recommends actions for the U.S. government, in the face of China’s growing influence in the region.
Continue reading Prioritizing Southeast Asia in American China PolicyHow China came to dominate the world’s largest nickel source for electric cars
Chinese firms mastered a process that unlocked Indonesia’s ore for use in making EV batteries
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Across the Indonesian archipelago, new industrial plants are going up to process chunks of nickel ore for use in electric-car batteries. Five years ago, there were none.
What changed? Chinese companies had a breakthrough.
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Harboring Global Ambitions: China’s Ports Footprint and Implications for Future Overseas Naval Bases
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Date Published: Jul 25, 2023
Authors: Alex Wooley, Sheng Zhang, Rory Fedorochko, Sarina Patterson
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Wooley, A., Zhang, S., Fedorochko, R., and S. Patterson. 2023. Harboring Global Ambitions: China’s Ports Footprint and Implications for Future Overseas Naval Bases. Williamsburg, VA: AidData at William & Mary.
Abstract
China has emerged as a dominant maritime nation, with significant commercial and military influence across the world’s seas. Beijing has rapidly increased its investments in global port infrastructure, and the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has evolved from a coastal force to the world’s largest blue-water navy. Yet, China has just one official overseas naval base: a facility in Djibouti. In Harboring Global Ambitions: China’s Ports Footprint and Implications for Future Overseas Naval Bases, we scrutinize China’s options for establishing additional overseas naval bases. Leveraging a new dataset and additional research, we “follow the money” to identify the top 20 ports that have received the most official financing from China; analyze potential basing options ocean by ocean; and propose a shortlist of eight locations for future bases. Our accompanying dataset, China’s Official Seaport Finance Dataset, 2000-2021, tracks 123 seaport projects worth $29.9 billion financed by Chinese state-owned entities to construct or expand 78 ports in 46 countries. We argue that the potential for additional Chinese overseas naval bases has significant implications for global politics and requires cautious strategic responses from the West and developing countries.
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NATO: Vilnius Summit Communiqué
Issued by NATO Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Vilnius 11 July 2023
Press Release, July 11, 2023, NATO
The NATO Invitee associates itself with this Communiqué.
1. We, the Heads of State and Government of the North Atlantic Alliance, bound by shared values of individual liberty, human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, have gathered in Vilnius as war continues on the European continent, to reaffirm our enduring transatlantic bond, unity, cohesion, and solidarity at a critical time for our security and international peace and stability. NATO is a defensive Alliance. It is the unique, essential and indispensable transatlantic forum to consult, coordinate and act on all matters related to our individual and collective security. We reaffirm our iron-clad commitment to defend each other and every inch of Allied territory at all times, protect our one billion citizens, and safeguard our freedom and democracy, in accordance with Article 5 of the Washington Treaty. We will continue to ensure our collective defence from all threats, no matter where they stem from, based on a 360-degree approach, to fulfil NATO’s three core tasks of deterrence and defence, crisis prevention and management, and cooperative security. We adhere to international law and to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and are committed to upholding the rules-based international order. This Summit marks a milestone in strengthening our Alliance.
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