ABSTRACT
This chapter first examines the role given to intellectuals within the various strands of international political economy theory, with a particular focus on epistemic communities. Following that, it sets out the privileged position that the traditional Western powers have enjoyed in trade analysis and in interpreting events, as it is against this set of narratives that the set of Southern intellectuals cohere. Next, it turns to identifying some of the people who fall into the category of Southern trade intellectuals, though only an indicative rather than a prescriptive list is given. Finally, it explores the role of this group of intellectuals in articulating an interpretation of the current impasse in the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) that deflects and nullifies the narrative of the United States and European Union (EU) and the blame that they direct towards the rising powers. Clearly defined, objective measures of the contributions of each member participating in DDA are not warranted, and are probably not possible.
