Emerging Powers and the Global South
What does the word emergence in international relations signifies?
Transformation and a shift from a less desirable state to a more suitable one.
Why was the word “Global” added to the term “South”?
To identify the term as one that does not merely refer to geographical classifications but as a notationto the existing unequal global power relations,
imperialism, and neo-colonialism.
With the leadership of which group does the 21st century and beyond evidence the drastic emergence of the Global South?
The BRICS
By 2010, what percentage of global merchandise trade did developing countries account for?
42%
Who argues that there exists a single capitalist world hinged on the development
of full market trade from the sixteenth century onwards?
Immanuel Wallerstein
On which country does the emergence of the Global South depend?
China
Which countries does BRICS contain?
Brasil
Russia
India
China
South Africa
What does the MINT stand for?
Mexico
Indonesia
Nigeria
Turkey
What does CIVETS stand for?
Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, and South Africa.
Which terms categorize best countries powerful enough to affect international
order?
Rising powers
Which events and movements impacted the South as a significant category in
IR?
The 1955 Bandung Conference, 1964 United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the 1966 Tricontinental Conference.
Various events and movements divided South into two groupings. What are they?
The Non-Aligned Movement and the Group of Seventy Seven (G77).
What is another term for the Beijing Consensus?
The China model or state capitalism.
According to Wallerstein, what kind of layer developed or occured in East Asia and Europe after World War II?
A semi-periphery layer
According to Stefan Halper, what would China seek in relation to the current hegemony?
Challenge
According to Stefan Halper, what is the major threat for
The emergence of market authoritarianism.
What does Wallerstein’s division theory fall short of describing?
The fundamental shift of some countries in East Asia from the periphery to the semiperiphery,
What was the primary advancement strategy adopted in the colonized third world nations?
The policy of import substitution industrialization.
What is dependence theory?
Dependence, according to the dependence theory, is sustained by factors such as reliance on foreign markets, foreign technology and foreign capital. Additionally, the industrialization that was taking place in developing countries had an underpinning of the use of cheap and forced labour and high degrees of exploitation.
What is the main difference between dependence and modernization theory?
The dependence theory held that due to factors such as their dependent and hierarchical subordinate position in the world economy, poor countries must therefore safeguard themselves from the struggles that are attached to their positions. In contrast, the modernization theory stipulated that poor countries should acknowledge and accept the opportunities extended to them by the western countries to quicken the development process.