Time For Indonesia to Act Its Age

Time For Indonesia to Act Its Age

With all the talk of the Global South, of efforts to expand the so-called BRICS group, of finding ways to end the privilege and power of the US dollar, scant mention is being made of the 70th anniversary of where this all began in 1955: Bandung. It was here that a gathering of freedom fighters and post-colonial giants -- India’s Nehru, Egypt’s Nasser, Ghana’s Nkrumah, China’s Zhou Enlai, and more were hosted by Indonesia’s Sukarno, then at the h…

Vijay Prashad: Historic 1955 Anti-Colonial Bandung Conference Inspired New Era in Global South

The 1955 Bandung Conference announced the arrival on the world stage of peoples from the Global South, and it marked the birth of what would later become the Non-Aligned Movement at the height of the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union.

How Historic 1955 Anti-Colonial Bandung Conference Inspired New Era in Global South

This week marks the 70th anniversary of the Bandung Conference, when 29 nations from Asia and Africa gathered in Indonesia for a historic anti-colonial conference that was meant to chart a new path for developing countries amid a tide of decolonization sweeping the globe. The 1955 Bandung Conference announced the arrival on the world stage of peoples from the Global South, and it marked the birth of what would later become the Non-Aligned Movemen

Seventy years after the historic Bandung Conference, the urgency of open cooperation and solidarity among nations is resurfacing in a global context marked by protectionism and fragmentation. The Spirit of Bandung offers the compass to restore consensus and multilateral credibility. In 2025, the world celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Bandung Conference. The meeting, held in Indonesia from 18 to 24 April 1955, brought together 29 Asian and …

Thailand and the 1955 Bandung Conference: Small Nation and the Age of Anxiety | Focus on the Global South

by Kheetanat Wannaboworn “Should Thailand decide to accept the invitation to the conference, the embassy should encourage Prince Naradhip, who could serve as a skillful protagonist in the interest of the West to attend” The State Department Telex to the US Embassy in Bangkok 1 February 1955   Thailand was 1 of the 29 countries […]