The US is seeking a new consensus to deal with a period in history in which the world order has changed and global risks include the climate crisis and tensions between the East and West.
Chorev disagrees that the world is regressing to a second Cold War. He noted that President Joe Biden’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit last month was designed in part to provide the reassurance “that we want to manage this competition responsibly”.“And it’s something we’ve heard loud and clear during my visit in South Africa – a real concern that a sharpening strategic competition will be at the cost of a place like South Africa and the African continent.
Chorev recalled that the Biden administration entered office in January 2021 amid significant concerns about the US-Russia relationship, not least because of the “brazen interference in our political system by Moscow”. “Unfortunately and tragically, President Putin has [shown] no willingness and seriousness to engage in diplomacy,” he said. “And the aggression we’ve seen from the Russian government, its bombardment of civilian infrastructure, the war crimes that it has left in its wake every place it has left in Ukraine, make clear that unfortunately Russia is not prepared to engage in meaningful diplomacy.”
“But also on some other issues where South Africa’s leadership, in the Ethiopian [peace] talks, for example, has been absolutely critical.” The Biden administration’s “core theory” was that “on every issue of consequence for the lives and livelihoods of our people, Africa’s voice – the choices that Africans make – will make a consequential difference”.
“So if you look at the main issues of the day, whether it’s technology or China, the investments we need to make at home and our competitiveness, there’s actually a remarkable bipartisan consensus.
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