Latest update 6 October 2026 Above all, it serves as a vital reminder: as long as global interests remain fundamentally unequal, the structures of exploitation will not vanish. Dependency Theory is a lens. It may not be flawless, but it is far from obsolete. It strips away the glossy veneer of "international cooperation" to expose the ingeniously engineered power structures designed to keep the strong on top—perpetually extracting wealth from the rest of the world. In the post-Cold War landscape of political science and international relations, "Dependency Theory" is often relegated to the dusty corners of academic bookshelves, dismissed as a nostalgic relic of the anti-colonial era. Mainstream media and orthodox economists are far more enamored with trendier buzzwords: the "Flat World," hyper-globalization, or the triumphs of neoliberalism. Yet, if you peel back the rhetoric of these modern narratives, the core essence of Dependency Theory remains ...