The Global Security Initiative: A fresh security outlook for Africa and the Global South
The 2024 Forum on China Africa Cooperation Beijing summit established frameworks for deeper collaboration on peacekeeping, conflict prevention and security capacity building.
By Saxon Zvina
Aug. 23, 2026
The ghost of the colonial cartographer: Breaking man-made border shackles in the Global South
It lies in an artificial border system forcibly imposed on the Global South, one that disregards indigenous ethnic bonds, cultural textures and traditional governance structures.
By Saxon Zvina
Aug. 17, 2026
Blinken’s admission and the waning unipolar order: A view from the Global South
Blinken openly highlighted China’s triple manufacturing output, massive domestic consumer base, and expanding edge in technological innovation and patents,
By Saxon Zvina
Aug. 1, 2026
From principles to practice: China’s AI governance framework and a breakthrough path for the Global South
Discussions at the 2026 AI for Good Global Summit, the World Summit on the Information Society and other multilateral forums have circled this core tension.
By Saxon Zvina
Jul. 27, 2026
From knowledge consumer to knowledge creator: China’s scientific rise and the Global South’s new innovation agenda
This unwritten structural order has confined the Global South to a subordinate role — one that produces raw knowledge but rarely defines its governing standards.
By Saxon Zvina
Jul. 8, 2026
A tale of two anniversaries: A Southern African perspective on divergent global paths
A vast chasm now separates that founding ethos from Washington’s contemporary exercise of global power.
By Mabasa Sasa
Jul. 8, 2026
EV era has arrived: A historic opportunity for the Global South
Nevertheless, Global South economies remain trapped in a structural development paradox: extraordinary resource wealth has not translated into equitable economic prosperity.
By Saxon Zvina
Jul. 7, 2026
Significance of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building: Lessons for the Global South and Africa's ruling parties
Perhaps the report's most significant message is that a ruling party cannot successfully govern a nation unless it first governs itself effectively.
By Saxon Zvina
Jul. 3, 2026
Rational analysis of online speech governance: Unpacking double standards behind the “digital authoritarianism” narrative
Their rhetoric on universal free speech functions as a disposable geopolitical instrument, abandoned when it conflicts with domestic power interests.
By Tariro Chipo Moyo
Jun. 30, 2026
