COLONIALISM: HOW THE

GLOBAL SOUTH
RESPONDED
 HOW HAVE THE PEOPLES OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH TODAY RESPONDED TO
COLONIALISM AND OTHER LINEAR VISIONS OF MODERNITY?
THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE VARIATIONS:
SOLIDARITY. THE NOTION OF SOLIDARITY AMONG COLONIZED STATES WAS
PRESENT FROM THE BEGINNING OF ANTI-COLONIALISM. SUCH SOLIDARITIES
WOULD SERVE AS THE FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY CONCEPTIONS OF
THE GLOBAL SOUTH.
SOCIALIST INTERNATIONALISM. THE SOCIAL INTERNATIONAL PAVED THE
WAY FOR THEORIES THAT EXAMINED THE WORLD ECONOMIC SYSTEM IN THE
LIGHT OF EXPLOITIVE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CORE AND PERIPHERAL
ECONOMIES.
DECOLONIZATION. THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR WAS THE
HIGHPOINT OF DECOLONIZATION. THE CREATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN
1945 PAVED THE WAY FOR GRANTING INDEPENDENCE OF OVER 80 EX-COLONIES
COUNTRIES.
THE EMERGENCE OF THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES. THE EMERGENCE OF THE THIRD
WORLD COUNTRIES REFERS TO THE PROCESS BY WHICH A GROUP OF COUNTRIES,
TYPICALLY THOSE IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH, HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY INDEPENDENT
AND POLITICALLY ACTIVE IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II.
MANY OF THESE COUNTRIES ARE PART OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT, WHICH FORMED
IN 1961 IN OPPOSITION TO BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION. THIS HAS
ENABLED THEM TO PURSUE ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND
TO CREATE A MORE DIVERSE GLOBAL ECONOMY.

THE FOLLOWING WERE SOME OF THE ISSUES TACKLED:

• DELEGATES FROM PAKISTAN, THAILAND, LEBANON, SRI LANKA AND THE PHILIPPINES
OBJECTED TO THE REPRESSIVE POLICIES OF THE USSR AGAINST EASTERN EUROPEAN
STATES AND CHINA’S AGAINST VIETNAM AND TAIWAN.
• DELEGATES BECAME A GENERALIZED CONDEMNATION OF THE AGGRESSION OF
POWERFUL STATES DIRECTED AT WEAKER ONES.
• THE INITIAL CONFIGURATION OF THE CONFERENCE BECAME A VEHICLE FOR THE
MAINSTREAMING OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
THE EMERGENCE OF CONSERVATIVE ANTI-WESTERN NATIONALISM AND
REGIONALISM. CONSERVATIVE ANTI-WESTERN NATIONALISM AND
REGIONALISM IS A FORM OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGY THAT OPPOSES THE SPREAD
OF WESTERN INFLUENCE AND INSTEAD ADVOCATES FOR A MORE LOCALIZED
APPROACH TO GOVERNANCE. THIS IDEOLOGY IS BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT
EACH REGION SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP ITS OWN CULTURE,
TRADITIONS, AND VALUES, WHILE REJECTING THE GLOBALIZATION OF
VALUES, BELIEFS, AND LIFESTYLE THAT HAS COME WITH WESTERN
INFLUENCE. IT ALSO ADVOCATES FOR POLICIES THAT PROTECT LOCAL
RESOURCES AND PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE REGION
ASIA PACIFIC REGION

THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION IS THE MOST DIVERSE AND POPULOUS REGION IN THE
WORLD. IT IS COMPOSED OF 48 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING INDIA, CHINA, JAPAN, AND
AUSTRALIA, AND IS HOME TO MORE THAN 4.5 BILLION PEOPLE. IT HAS THE WORLD’S
LARGEST ECONOMIES, SUCH AS CHINA, JAPAN, AND INDIA, AND SOME OF ITS MOST
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, SUCH AS INDONESIA, VIETNAM, AND THE
PHILIPPINES. THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION HAS SEEN TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN RECENT
YEARS, WITH ITS ECONOMY ACCOUNTING FOR MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE WORLD’S
GDP. ITS POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO REACH 5.2 BILLION BY 2050. THE REGION IS ALSO
HOME TO A VARIETY OF CULTURES AND LANGUAGES AND IS A KEY CONTRIBUTOR TO
GLOBAL TRADE. ITS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROGRESS ARE CLOSELY LINKED TO
GLOBAL EFFORTS TO REDUCE POVERTY AND INEQUALITY, PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT, AND PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.