The UK’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy has spoken eloquently about the need for a new relationship with the Global South, one based on genuine equality. This would mark the end of the postcolonial age and the beginning of something approaching global democracy.
These days everyone wants to talk about the Global South, the best sign that things are indeed changing. India, Africa and Latin America have more influence, both political and economic. When Western democracies tried to isolate Russia economically after the invasion of Ukraine, they soon realised the world had changed. Many other regions were unwilling to cut off economic links with Moscow and their markets were sufficiently large to keep Russian energy exports booming.
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