The rising voice of the Global South / China-Africa Forum

This year marked the 8th summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). The first summit of the Forum, which is held every three years, was in 2000. The Forum was widely attended. The leaders of 53 African countries, the chairman of the African Union Commission, the UN secretary general and heads of various international […]

The Belt and Road Initiative Debt Trap Myth and Sri Lanka

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), presented to the world by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his 2013 visit to Kazakhstan, first came under attack through the “Debt Trap Diplomacy” propaganda by Indian “thought leader” Brahma Challaney in 2017.1 Since then, Western countries have clung to this term, targeting the BRI, which leads the reshaping […]

The Win-Win Principle of Development with Africa

Unity against imperialism and colonialism was the main theme, with Erdoğan emphasizing ‘joint development’ under the ‘win-win’ principle, stating ‘we walk to the future together.’ The decline of American hegemony continues to pave the way for the ‘independence of states, liberation of nations, and revolutions of peoples’ in the 21st century. However, this decline is […]