Desynchronizing the West: new vectors of development from the South

Abstract

This article presents a cosmopolitical vision of a shared future in South-South international relations, considering different speeds and vectors of territorial development. As a political bet, we adopted a methodology that starts from a multiplicity of views, mainly using references from the Global South. In the first part of the text, we seek to briefly present the civilization-state China from the perspectives of its current leader, Xi Jinping (2020, 2021), the Brazilian diplomat Samuel Pinheiro Guimarães (2020), and American diplomat Henry Kissinger (2012). We also use as a reference contemporary thinkers such as the Chinese Hu Angang (2017, 2020), Brazilian authors such as Elias Jabbour (2020), and the Argentine thinker Javier Vadell (2021). We follow this analysis of international relations, with Chinese characteristics and South-South cooperation, using contributions from the Minister-Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Brazil, Qu Yuhui (2021). In the second part of the text, we carry out a reflection based on the concept of cosmotechnics, developed by the Chinese philosopher Yuk Hui (2020), who observes technology to recover our ability to shape the future. We conclude by pointing out challenges for the Global South involving South-South cooperation, where 5G has been a fundamental node to leverage development and, at the same time, reinforce the sovereignty of the countries involved.