2021, the Non-Aligned Movement in the Global Arena: Geopolitical Considerations and Reaffirmed Needs in a Multipolar Setting

Abstract

: This chapter offers an overview of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in the modern global system using Dominique Moïsi’s innovative geopolitical approach of emotions. It looks at how the place and role of the NAM have been changing in international relations since its foundations were laid down at the conferences of Bandung (1955) and Belgrade (1961). The analysis presents a number of questions for further debate over the changing global order and the issues and approaches represented by the NAM within it, centred around such key questions as human security and “development as freedom” along the theory of Amartya Sen. It deals with the 18 th NAM Summit held in Baku, Azerbaijan, and draws upon several of the key statements of its final document in an effort to confirm the refined relevance of the Movement in the 21 st century.