Global South
Indonesia’s US$1 billion bet on the Global South
If Jakarta goes to the New Development Bank primarily for cheap loans, it could find itself repeating the very vulnerabilities it seeks to escape
The climate action that matters is in the Global South
But innovation still has to outpace climate impacts
Trump tariffs seen fostering new China-Global South trade order
Chinese officials have increasingly sought to bolster relations with developing nations in recent months, reducing trade barriers and signing new trade deals
The developing world’s G7 would like a word
The real lesson of the Rio Brics summit is that it isn’t meant to be a forum to be anti-American, but a place where countries bid to lead the Global South
Ensuring AI works for the Global South
WHILE artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to lower barriers and allow countries to participate in a new strand of the worldwide digital economy, it also creates demarcations between countri...
Why Brics will not become the new fulcrum of world politics
The group of major emerging economies is neither representative enough nor sufficiently united to lead others
China’s Xi announces steps to support ‘Global South’ at G20 summit
CHINESE President Xi Jinping announced a raft of measures designed to support the “Global South” at a gathering of leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies in Rio de Janeiro, China’s state tel...
Brics: What you need to know about the bloc
Status check: Within South-east Asia, Malaysia and Thailand have formally submitted their applications; Laos officially expressed interest at the recent leaders’ pow-wow, and Vietnam and Indonesia hav...
China’s premier signals country is open to African business
Li Qiang’s speech appears aimed at addressing worries about China’s trade surplus with Africa climbing to a record US$64b
China needs a green Marshall Plan for the Global South
If Beijing is serious about building mutual alliances abroad, it should try and emulate America’s post-war initiative
