POLICY CONFERENCE
ADEKEYE ADEBAJO: ANC woolly and chaotic on foreign policy
As the ANC prepares for its policy conference this week, it is worth assessing the discussion document from its national executive committee’s international relations subcommittee, entitled The ANC in an Unpredictable and Uncertain World. SA is Africa’s most industrialised country, the only African strategic partner of the EU, the only African country in the Brazil, Russia, India, China and SA (Brics) grouping and the Group of 20. SA is also one of the world’s most unequal societies, and there was an expectation that this document would outline clear strategies on how to link the pursuit of foreign policy to alleviating poverty at home. However, it is not only the world that is unpredictable and uncertain, but this poorly crafted and analytically weak document that is devoid of a clear understanding of the world and SA’s place in it.The introduction talks of the decline of "imperialism" and the "unjust nature of global capitalism", without explaining these terms. It highlights emerg...
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