- A future tri-continental regional bloc
- Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania
- A bloc of 145 countries
- NAM, G77, Bandung Conference
- Were called the Third World or the Periphery in past
- Were low income countries
- Decolonized nations south of the colonial countries
- Culturally and politically marginalized
- But now emerging as a separate political and cultural bloc
- Economies expanding, political clout deepening
- A bloc of developing countries – Anti-colonial, anti-hegemonic
- Led by the rise of China, India, Brazil, and Indonesia