Global South on the rise but likely to make world order unpredictable

TOKYO -- The pole of the world is shifting, though swingingly, from north to south due to the rise of emerging countries collectively called the Global South. The shift can upset conventional wisdom in the international community, but it is hardly smooth.

Senior government officials from the Group of Seven leading economies and other countries such as India and Turkey secretly gathered in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh on Dec. 16 last year for informal talks on a peace plan for the Ukraine war.