South Africa and Russia - President Cyril Ramaphosa's Foreign Policy Explained TC_Africa: SouthAfrica
Progressive internationalism formed the basis for South Africa's vocal position on UN reform, global equity and ending the dominance of the global north. The global north could view this as challenging to its hegemonic power and dominance in the UN.
This has challenged South Africa's declared foreign policy principles. It maintains strong economic and political relations with the global north. But it also maintains strong relations with the global south . For this, it has beenSouth Africa's quest for global status in line with its declared foreign policy principles continues under Ramaphosa. It has adopted several roles to achieve this: balancer, spoiler and good international citizenship.
As a balancer, it has attempted to rationalise its relations with both the north and south in accordance with the principles of non-alignment and independence. As a spoiler, it has failed to condemn, for example, China for its poor human rights record, claiming it is an internal Chinese matter. This could be read as an expression of its south-south solidarity with China. Its role as a good international citizen has made it an approachable international actor.
South Africa has been attempting to capitalise on the geostrategic changes in the balance of forces on the world stage. Blatant realpolitik has returned. During the past year, for example, the country has conducted joint multilateral military exercises with several states, most notably with France , a permanent member of the UN Security Council.at UN agencies and through its cultural diplomacy.
Moreover, its gravitation towards strong non-western military powers such as Russia, China and India has met with western disappointment. Its foreign policy position of solidarity, independence, non-alignment and
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