During the first Cold War, a large group of developing countries sought to distance themselves from the ideological battle between the United States and the Soviet Union to create a Non-Aligned Movement.
Today, three decades later, at the dawn of yet another Great Power competition, this time between the U.S. and China, Global South countries are once again saying they don't want any part of it.
Jorge Heine, a former Chilean ambassador to China and now a research professor at Boston University joins Eric & Cobus to discuss the new book he co-edited about how this new movement is taking root in the Americas, Asia, and Africa.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:48 Setting up the episode's discussion
08:46 Introducing the guest
10:27 Themes that Jorge Heine covers in the book
13:11 What is active non-alignment?
16:17 How does non-alignment play out in minor issues?
20:10 Is active non-alignment a bridge to greater cooperation?
23:12 America's skepticism
26:11 Rules-based order, breakdown, and flaws
28:06 What does active non-alignment look like at the financial level?
32:20 The equidistance diplomacy concept
35:16 Overcoming challenges that will be faced by the cooperation
37:44 Will leaders implement these ideas?
41:10 Recap of the conversation
50:20 Conclusion
Show Notes:
Amazon: Latin American Foreign Policies in the New World Order: The Active Non-Alignment Option: [ Ссылка ]
The Conversation: When two elephants fight: how the global south uses non-alignment to avoid great power rivalries by Adekeye Adebajo: [ Ссылка ]
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