Some may argue that the world is divided between a “Global North” and a “Global South”. But what exactly is meant by that? An economic difference? Of the 20 leading global economies, seven ...

There is also a Global North, though the term is not regularly used. That is defined basically as not the Global South. The term Global South first appeared in the 1960s but took time to gain ...

In October 2024, at the most recent BRICS summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the countries of the “global South” to build an alternative to the existing global order. Chinese President Xi ...