Africa: Lessons for South Africa As Angola, America Engage in New Era of Cooperation

The US is a master at pivoting and changing its allegiances and focus when there are benefits to doing so. South Africa must learn this lesson from both the US and Angola, and not be forever trapped in Cold War dynamics.

It was a weakened Joe Biden who landed in Angola for his first state visit to sub-Saharan Africa earlier this week. Now in the sunset of his presidency, America’s outgoing president went on a state visit to a country that is key to the United States’ strategic interests,…