Rise of the Global South: Implications for the Global Order
Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) recently organized a roundtable on “Rise of the Global South: Implications for the Global Order” at The Westin Dhaka. Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Distinguished Fellow, BIPSS and Former Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, GoB; Group Captain (retd) Dr Mohammad Zahidul Islam Khan, acsc, psc, Academic Visitor, University of Reading, United Kingdom & Registrar, American International University, Bangladesh and Dr Niloy Ranjan Biswas, Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka were the respected speakers of the roundtable.
The moderator of the event, Major General ANM Muniruzzaman, ndc, psc, (retd), President, BIPSS, opened up the discussion by stating that in the intricate tapestry of global geopolitics and geo-economics, the emergence of global south represents a significant paradigm shift. He added that an important aspect of this change is the rise of China and India as both the countries are emerging economies and they now claim to represent the global south.
Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury mainly highlighted the definition of the term global south, the relevancy of the theory of structural dependency to the term and the possibilities of the initiation of conflict between the north and south.
Group Captain Dr Mohammad Zahidul Islam Khan shared that at present the term ‘global south’ is being increasingly used because of the assumption that it will have impact on the global order, especially on the economic and security structure. He also raised questions such as what does the idea of global south stand for and is there any solidarity to transform the ideas into effective actions.
Dr Niloy Ranjan Biswas stated that principally the term global south is conceptualized based on the structural theories of political economy and the idea is also often linked to Marxist understanding which ultimately leads to the conceptualization of global south mostly based on economic aspects. Dr Niloy also talked about the prospects for south-north-south triangular cooperation and mentioned that dangers can be posed by the rising trend of creating minilateral collaboration by two or three countries.
The roundtable ended with an insightful interactive session.
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