A South of States

Abstract

The demise of the Cold War and the spread of globalisation appeared to many observers in both North and South to signal an end of the era of solidarity politics pursued by the developing world, or ‘South’.1 Deemed by many in the industrialised countries of North America and Europe to be an ideological construct with little relevance to the emerging ‘new world order’, the notion of the South — along with its companion ideas of non-alignment, South-South cooperation and state-led development — were expected to disappear with the fall of the Berlin wall and the concurrent triumph of the ‘neo-liberal’ model of development. Indeed, with once ardent proponents of the South such as Yugoslavia calling for modernisation of the movement at the Ninth NAM summit in 1989, the pressures to adapt to the changing international circumstances were considerable.2KeywordsForeign Direct InvestmentForeign PolicyWorld Trade OrganizationWorld PoliticsAfrican National CongressThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.