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Author (Category): Walden Bello

The Long March from Bandung to the BRICS

The heads of state and government, accompanied by heads of delegation of Asian–African countries taking a group photo at the 60th anniversary of the original 1955 Asian–African Conference as the peak event of the 2015 Asian–African Summit at the Merdeka Building in Bandung, West Java, on Friday (24/4). (ANTARA FOTO/AACC2015/M Agung Rajasa/15.)

The Long March from Bandung to the BRICS

by Walden Bello, with contributions from Shalmali Guttal   The Bandung Conference in April...

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Needed: A Bold Program to Address the Crisis of the Severely Indebted Developing Countries

David Malpass, President of the World Bank, and Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, at the IMF-World Bank Spring 2022 Meeting. Both institutions have been singularly bereft of ideas on how to deal with the developing country debt problem that is about to explode. (World Bank photo)

Needed: A Bold Program to Address the Crisis of the Severely Indebted Developing Countries

By Walden Bello* As governments converge on Washington for the International Monetary Fund...

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The Perils of Semi-Sovereignty: Japan and the Philippines in the Grip of Geopolitical Rivalry

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) navigates Tokyo Bay on the way to Yokosuka Naval Base for a scheduled port visit. Yokusuka is the largest overseas U.S. naval installation in the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ian Cotter)

The Perils of Semi-Sovereignty: Japan and the Philippines in the Grip of Geopolitical Rivalry

By Walden Bello* (This is a composite version of articles that originally appeared in MEER on...

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Is the Global Value Chain Breaking Up? The “Perfect Storm” and the Crisis of Capitalist Agriculture

Collection of seeds exhibited at the farmer to farmer exchange and workshops on agroecology practices at the Community Seed Festival which was conducted on 26th – 27th March 2022 in Battambang Province, Cambodia.

Is the Global Value Chain Breaking Up? The “Perfect Storm” and the Crisis of Capitalist Agriculture

By Walden Bello* Abstract:  Throughout the global South, protests have been triggered by the...

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