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Behind the 'Global South'

The geopolitical phrase of 2023 - but what does it actually mean?

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ILLUSTRATION: AJAY MOHANTY

5 min read Last Updated : Oct 22 2023 | 11:08 PM IST

India has, in recent times, sought to position itself as the leader of “the Global South”. If not as an unquestioned leader, at least as the loudest spokesperson. What is the Global South? What does India seek from this positioning? And is there anything material beyond the rhetoric?

The Global South is not easy to identify or delineate. Wealth may not matter, as oil-rich Gulf monarchies very definitely locate themselves as part of the Global South. What matters, as the name suggests, is that it is not part of the traditional geopolitical power bases of the Northern Hemisphere. Not Russia,

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