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Globalization and the Emerging World Order: Implications for Sub-Saharan Africa

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  • Hammond Ogie Oteghekpen

    (University of Benin, Nigeria)

  • Roland Aghahuisi Ukhurebor

    (University of Benin, Nigeria)

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Globalization and the Emerging World Order: Implications for Sub-Saharan Africa Hammond Ogie Oteghekpen, Roland Aghahuisi Ukhurebor University of Benin, Nigeria DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.47772/IJRISS.2025.908000596 Received: 18 August 2025; Accepted: 25 August 2025; Published: 23 September 2025 INTRODUCTION There is a generally shared opinion that the world is changing, but considerable dispute about how it is changing. Commentators on local, national, regional and global issues have variously located this change in a ‘power shift’ from West to East, a trade in superpower status between the United States and China or a transition from an era of bipolarity to one of unipolarity, multipolarity or even non-polarity (Buzan & Lawson, 2023). With such inevitable change being experienced, what effects would this unavoidable change have on the advancement or underdevelopment of Sub-Saharan Africa, and what steps should be taken to ensure that the region's nations are not exploited as they are in the current Western orchestrated world order? The emerging world order is defined by a move from unipolarity to multipolarity, with rising non-Western nations like those in BRICS exercising greater influence and fostering cooperation among countries of the Global South. Strategic self-help is the focus of this new order, which has increased demand for more inclusive global governance that takes into account the demands of the Global South and led to more regionalized approaches to trade and security. It entails shifts in economic power, including the rise of trade blocs and de-dollarization, as well as an increasing focus on human rights as a fundamental component of international relations. “The 21st century is witnessing a shift in the global power structure, moving away from the unipolar dominance of the United States towards a multipolar world order and the multiple Centers of Power which was addressed this paper were Economic, the rise of China, India, and other

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  • Hammond Ogie Oteghekpen & Roland Aghahuisi Ukhurebor, 2025. "Globalization and the Emerging World Order: Implications for Sub-Saharan Africa," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 9(8), pages 7214-7221, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:9:y:2025:issue-8:p:7214-7221
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