POLS 396 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Geopolitics, World Trade Organization, Peaceful Coexistence
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Bandung (indonesia) conference in 1995, a gathering of state leaders of asian and african. Common denominator was political independence rom colonial powers, with the potential of economic, social and cultural liberation. Another conference in cancun in 1981 sought to boost such efforts. Western powers opposed and therefore spearheaded the o(cid:448)erthro(cid:449) of (cid:858)radical(cid:859) third (cid:449)orld leaders in the 1960s. Integration of the south into the world economy by the wto, twb and imf via post-1980s liberalization in saps. Strong politico-economic solidarity expressed from bandung (1955) to cancun (1981) dies bit exist, but group still meets (e. g. bangkok roundtable, 28-29 feb 2016) The relative success of southern countries such as china and india sheds light on the weakness of the washington consensus policies which barred state intervention or control. Southern countries consider investment by their fellows as a viable option, offering the potential to defy wb/imf conditionalities. South-south cooperation addresses the dichotomy between the saviour vs. partner.
