Through bilateral relationships, the Commonwealth, the G20, the Five Power Defence Arrangements, the UK Mission to ASEAN, policyexchange.org.uk | 9 The Myth of the ‘Global South’ and our imminent accession to the CPTPP, the UK has strong existing partnerships with many ‘Southern’ states. [...] The UK has developed deep economic and strategic partnerships with ‘Southern’ states, including the Commonwealth, the policyexchange.org.uk | 13 The Myth of the ‘Global South’ G20, the Five Power Defence Arrangements, the UK Mission to ASEAN, and imminent accession to the CPTPP. [...] The ‘Global South’ is a descendant of the ‘Third World’, a Cold War term that went out of fashion due to the eventual absorption of most of the community into the global capitalist economy, as well as its supposedly condescending undertones.10 Both frameworks are imbued with a strand of intellectual thought which refutes the legitimacy of the Western-constructed world order. [...] policyexchange.org.uk | 21 The Myth of the ‘Global South’ vast economic and human toll that defeating Nazi Germany took on the West; the rising power of independence movements; and the decolonising impetus of the world’s new superpower: the United States (US). [...] This served the dual purpose of absolving itself of responsibility for geopolitical tension, and gaining political currency in the ‘Third World’.60 SOVIET WEAPONISATION OF ‘THIRD WORLDISM’ In the aftermath of the Second World War and with the onset of a wider global competition, the Soviet Union lacked the resources or attention span to reach out to the ‘Third World’.
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Table of Contents
- The Myth of the Global South 1
- Marcus Solarz Hendriks Jay Mens and Harry Halem 1
- Foreword by Rt Hon James Cleverly MP and Admiral Lord West of Spithead GCB DSC PC 1
- The Myth of the Global South 3
- Marcus Solarz Hendriks Jay Mens and Harry Halem 3
- Foreword by Rt Hon James Cleverly MP and Admiral Lord West of Spithead GCB DSC PC 3
- About the Author 4
- Endorsements 6
- Acronyms 7
- Contents 8
- Introduction 18
- Chapter I The Conceptual History of the Global South 23
- 1.1 20 Century Developmentalism 23
- 1.2 Orthodox Capitalist Developmentalism 24
- 1.3 Capitalism-Critical Developmentalism 25
- 1.4 Third Worldism 26
- 1.5 The Decline of Third Worldism 31
- 1.6 Global Southism 32
- Chapter II The Economic Illiteracy of the Global South 36
- 2.1 Economic Fragmentation of the Global South 36
- 2.2 Growing Intra-State Inequality 45
- 2.3 The Rise of South-South Financing 48
- Chapter III Geopolitical Instrumentalisation of the Global South 53
- 3.1 The Vulnerability of the Global South Narrative to Exploitation 53
- 3.2 Russian Exploitation of the Global South Narrative 57
- 3.3 Chinese Exploitation of the Global South Narrative 74
- Chapter IV Global South In Western Policy 83
- 4.1 Academic Discourse 83
- 4.2 Western Global South Policy 84
- 4.3 British Global South Policy Until Labour 86
- 4.4 Labours Global South Policy 91
- Chapter V A Non-Global South Strategy for the Global South 98
- Appendix 106
