The End of Development
The first week of March featured a moment of dark political comedy worthy of Veep creator Armando Iannucci. In a scene that felt scripted for satire, the United States became ...
Tag: Global South
Why the World Turned on NGOs
In just nine months, the Trump administration has laid waste to the development landscape, dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and slashing nearly the entire U.S. foreign aid ...
The Problem With the Global South’s Self-Help Push
Amid so many other United Nations events this September, headlined by the procession of national leaders addressing the General Assembly, it would be easy to miss the celebration of the ...
Why the Global South Won’t Quit Russia
When the West slammed severe sanctions on Russia after its illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2022, practically the entire global south refused to participate. Attempts by the Biden administration to ...
Bring Back the Spirit of Bandung
In recent years, the Western public discussion has been full of laments over the collapse of the so-called rules-based international order established in the aftermath of World War II. Some ...
BRICS Democracies Are Losing Leverage
In 2003, India, Brazil, and South Africa established what they called the IBSA Dialogue Forum. The trilateral initiative aimed to promote south-south cooperation, reform global governance structures, and amplify the ...
