Hadi Prayitno
Direktur Eksekutif The Reform Initiatives (TRI)
History remains one of the strongest bonds linking countries across the Global South. When World War II ended in 1945, many of these countries were either newly independent or still struggling to secure their freedom. They entered an international system designed largely by and for others.
Colonialism had shaped their economies around resource extraction, racial hierarchy was embedded in global institutions, and the Cold War demanded alignment with one bloc or the other. Trade terms kept commodity exporters at a relative disadvantage to industrial economies.
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