Joshua Meservey: The US Has Run Out Of Patience With SA. Visa Bans Are Only Step One
The Common Sense
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Washington has run out of patience with Pretoria. Joshua Meservey, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and one of the voices behind the new US visa restrictions, tells Gabriel Makin why the Trump administration moved to "the stick", what the five asks actually are, and why he believes the South African government has been trying to run out the clock. He traces the rift back to the Biden years: ambivalence on Ukraine, the Lady R, the ICJ case against Israel, and a UN voting record that backs every anti-Israel resolution while going soft on Iran, North Korea and Assad's Syria. They discuss BEE as a burden on American firms, the farm-murder crisis, AGOA and PEPFAR, and what comes next if nothing changes: in Meservey's view, targeted financial sanctions.
US announces sanctions against South Africa: https://www.thecommonsense.co.za/Poli...
The US concerns are correct and valid: https://www.thecommonsense.co.za/Colu...
The deal South Africa should put before Washington: https://www.thecommonsense.co.za/Colu...
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Chapters:
0:00 Why the US imposed visa restrictions on South Africa: patience ran out
8:32 Has it worked? Why Washington expects more steps unless Pretoria moves
12:11 What comes next: targeted sanctions, Lamola, and why BEE riles Washington
20:07 Farm murders and the ANC's long free pass from the West
23:59 Good advice, and 'we are a sovereign nation': the ANC's response
29:20 The power imbalance, AGOA and PEPFAR
32:53 Reality doesn't go away: the ANC's fading power and the next punch
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It takes a special kind of brazen behaviour to come to a refugees country of safety as a diplomat and attack said refugees on a public platform. If that does not prove the relentless persecution of South African citizens, nothing will...
Joshua Meservey: The US Has Run Out Of Patience With SA. Visa Bans Are Only Step One
The Common Sense
24,350 views
Washington has run out of patience with Pretoria. Joshua Meservey, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and one of the voices behind the new US visa restrictions, tells Gabriel Makin why the Trump administration moved to "the stick", what the five asks actually are, and why he believes the South African government has been trying to run out the clock. He traces the rift back to the Biden years: ambivalence on Ukraine, the Lady R, the ICJ case against Israel, and a UN voting record that backs every anti-Israel resolution while going soft on Iran, North Korea and Assad's Syria. They discuss BEE as a burden on American firms, the farm-murder crisis, AGOA and PEPFAR, and what comes next if nothing changes: in Meservey's view, targeted financial sanctions.
US announces sanctions against South Africa: https://www.thecommonsense.co.za/Poli...
The US concerns are correct and valid: https://www.thecommonsense.co.za/Colu...
The deal South Africa should put before Washington: https://www.thecommonsense.co.za/Colu...
Become a member for all the facts and analysis (R99/month): https://www.thecommonsense.co.za/subs...
Watch or listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ScOGx3...
Chapters:
0:00 Why the US imposed visa restrictions on South Africa: patience ran out
8:32 Has it worked? Why Washington expects more steps unless Pretoria moves
12:11 What comes next: targeted sanctions, Lamola, and why BEE riles Washington
20:07 Farm murders and the ANC's long free pass from the West
23:59 Good advice, and 'we are a sovereign nation': the ANC's response
29:20 The power imbalance, AGOA and PEPFAR
32:53 Reality doesn't go away: the ANC's fading power and the next punch
If this was useful, subscribe so you don't miss next week's conversation.