Or the new phrase beloved by douchebags everywhere, the "Global South."

It's just the euphemistic treadmill. They'll try to replace the Global South with something else once that gets negative connotations, as no doubt it will.

For "world" knowledge, I can thank one of my social studies teachers who was a good teacher, a Russophile, and teaching my class during the exact moment that the Soviet Union was collapsing!

Well, you had more good teachers than I did. I had to learn this from my parents.