When Two Elephants Fight: How the Global South Uses Non-Alignment To Avoid Great Power Rivalries

Posted on February 17, 2023 by

Feb 17 (IPS) – An African proverb notes that “when two elephants fight, it is the grass underneath that suffers”. Many states in the global south are, therefore, seeking to avoid getting caught in the middle of any future battles between the US and China. Instead, they are calling for a renewal of the concept of non-alignment. This was an approach employed in the 1950s by newly independent countries to balance between the two ideological power blocs of east and west during the era of the Cold War

Read the full story, “When Two Elephants Fight: How the Global South Uses Non-Alignment To Avoid Great Power Rivalries”, on globalissues.org →