PANEL DISCUSSION 8. “Rise of the Global South“

Not so long ago, discussions about the “rise of the Global South“ were nothing more than a tribute to intellectual fashion. But radical changes have taken place in recent years: today, two of the world’s five largest economies belong to the Global South, and the phrase itself is increasingly being heard on global platforms. Developing countries are asserting their subjectivity, trying to break the hierarchy that has been developed over the centuries, demanding that former metropolises repent for centuries of colonial oppression and renounce neo-colonialism. How far will this process of subjectivity go? Will the Global South be able to speak with one voice to defend its interests? Moderator: Anatoly Torkunov, Rector of MGIMO University, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Speakers: Pankaj Saran, Convenor of NatStrat, Member of the National Security Advisory Board, India; José Ramón Cabañas, Director of the Center for International Policy Studies,