What can the forgotten debate on a New International Economic Order (NIEO) teach us about today's world?

In this first episode of the Vienna Global Forum podcast series, renowned scholars Vijay Prashad and Paul Stubbs revisit the ambitious project of the New International Economic Order (NIEO) - a vision developed by countries of the Global South in the 1970s to create a fairer and more democratic global economy.

Together with hosts Anamaria Copilau and Werner Raza, they explore:

🔹 The historical origins of the NIEO and the Non-Aligned Movement
🔹 Why newly independent countries demanded economic sovereignty
🔹 The role of multinational corporations and global power structures
🔹 How neoliberalism emerged and displaced the NIEO agenda
🔹 What today's debates on BRICS, multipolarity, development, and global justice can learn from this history

As the global balance of power shifts and new economic institutions emerge, many of the questions raised by the NIEO remain strikingly relevant. Was the project defeated - or are its ideas returning in a new form?

Guests:
• Vijay Prashad – Executive Director, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research
• Paul Stubbs – Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Economics Zagreb

📍 Episode 1 of the Vienna Global Forum podcast series: Lessons from the New International Economic Order

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📌 Watch the Video-Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPk8pWceHWE