Not so long ago, discussions about the "rise of the Global South" were nothing more than a tribute to intellectual fashion. But radical changes have taken place in recent years: today, two of the world’s five largest economies belong to the Global South, and the phrase itself is increasingly being heard on global platforms. Developing countries are asserting their subjectivity, trying to break the hierarchy that has been developed over the centuries, demanding that former metropolises repent for centuries of colonial oppression and renounce neo-colonialism. How far will this process of subjectivity go? Will the Global South be able to speak with one voice to defend its interests?
Moderator — Anatoly Torkunov, Rector of MGIMO University, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Pankaj Saran, Convenor of NatStrat, Member of the National Security Advisory Board, India
José Ramón Cabañas, Director of the Center for International Policy Studies, Republic of Cuba
Venkatesh Varma, former Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation (2018−2021)
Saiful Hoque, former Ambassador of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the Russian Federation (2009−2019)
Feodor Voitolovsky, Director of Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)
Pankaj Saran, Convenor of NatStrat, Member of the National Security Advisory Board, India
José Ramón Cabañas, Director of the Center for International Policy Studies, Republic of Cuba
Venkatesh Varma, former Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation (2018−2021)
Saiful Hoque, former Ambassador of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the Russian Federation (2009−2019)
Feodor Voitolovsky, Director of Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)
