Global Southeast

The Global Southeast is the southeastern region of the world. There are varying definitions, with South and Southeast Asia always included, and broader definitions including North Africa and the Middle East. It is becoming an increasingly economically relevant region on the world stage, though it is also projected to have problems with climate change accelerating refugee crises and conflicts in the region.

Many Southeastern countries are undergoing rapid urbanization, and generally have significant amounts of ethnic diversity.

Relations between Global Northwest and Global Southeast
Immigrants from the Global Southeast to the Global Northwest are often perceived as backwards, and in some ways, a threat to the body politic of their host nation, with the amount of time or generations a migrant family has spent in their host country determining how modernized or civilized they are perceived to have become.

The EU High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, when commenting on the impact of the Russo-Ukrainian War, said that a division may emerge between the Global Northwest and the Global Southeast.

Other global regions

 * Global East
 * Global North and Global South

Related terms

 * East Indies, largely coterminous with Global Southeast in its historic sense

Subregions

 * Bay of Bengal Rim, near center of Global Southeast
 * Farther India, an antiquated term pointing to Southeast Asia's influences from India

Nearby regions

 * Oceania, southeast of Global Southeast
 * Southeast Africa, to the southwest
 * Indian diaspora in Southeast Africa
 * Suez Canal, built to connect Europe to the East
 * North Pacific, to the northeast

Intersecting regions

 * Pacific Rim, including the west coast of the Western Hemisphere
 * Pacific Asia, which intersects with the Global Southeast in Southeast Asia
 * South Pacific, Southeast Asia and South America
 * Mexico–Philippines relations, historically connected during colonial era
 * Sinosphere, East Asian region intersecting with Vietnam
 * Greater Yunnan, adjoining the Yunnan province of China
 * Himalayan Rim, extending beyond north of South Asia
 * Territorial disputes of the People's Republic of China
 * Territorial disputes of India
 * Muslim world, adjoining Central Asia
 * India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor

Broader regions

 * Indo-Pacific, including East Africa and Pacific areas
 * Indian Ocean Rim, significantly coterminous with Indo-Pacific
 * China Rim, a region which includes the Global Southeast as its southern portion
 * Look East policy (India), an Indian policy to engage with much of the Global Southeast and East Asia