International Influence Essay Flashcards
What are the factors for International influence?
- SADC
- UN
- G20
- BRICS
What is background information for international Influence?
- SA have exerted lots of influence through bold decisions and their organisations/alliances
- They have gained their place and status within the world
- They have recognised their past and have moved and developed past Apartheid
What is your knowledge for the SADC?
- SA are the most dominant member of the SADC which is made up of 16 African countries
- SA have more economic influence as they make up 2/3 of the SADC GDP
- SA hold political influence as they try to convince other countries in the organisation to become democratic
What is your analysis for the SADC?
- They hold international influence as they are one of the main dictators of this group and their policies can effect internationally
- SA may not be a role model for other African counties for democracy due to their past of being corrupt under the ANC
- Their corruption therefore questions if they deserve to hold this much influence
What is your evaluation for the SADC?
SA hold a lot of influence through being part of the SADC but that does not mean that this is positive influence, they can be questioned on their authenticity.
What is your knowledge for the UN?
- SA are an active member of the Un and were most recently elected to the UNSC in 2019
- In the UNSC each country is entitled to 2 months of presidency
What are examples for the UN?
- Being president allows the country to set the agenda for that month and SA used this to focus on ending the use of child soldiers
- Outside of the UNSC SA took Israel to ICJ for accusations of genocide
What is your analysis for the UN?
- Being part of the UN allows countries to influence sanctions, peacekeeping and military action
- Being part of the UN empowers SA’s influence as they can voice their opinion and dictate some things which happens within the organisation
- SA are not one of the 5 permanent members of the UNSC which means they only hold that amount of influence for so much time
- They took a bold and confident move taking Israel to the ICJ which was a leading foot for other countries to voice opinions and act too
What is your evaluation for the UN?
They are limited due to the set up of the UN, they do not hold as much influence as the other countries that are permanently part of the UNSC.
What is your knowledge for the G20?
- G20 is made up of the countries in the world with the largest economies who agree on global economic issues
- SA campaigned for the AU to join the G20 in 2023 and were successful (the name did not change)
What are examples for the G20?
- SA were the representative for Africa and introduced ‘Compact with Africa’
What is your analysis for the G20?
- SA have a say on economic policies that then become internationally impactful
- Bringing the AU into the organisation then gave the AU the same power as the EU who had been a member of the organisation since 1999
What is your evaluation for the G20?
SA are limited in the amount of power the exert as they are not as influential as the countries who are part of the G7.
What is your knowledge for the BRICS?
- BRICS is an alliance between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
- They have an international influence as BRICS make up 1/3 of the worlds GDP
- SA have maintained a good relationship with the West whilst being part of this alliance
What are examples for the BRICS?
- In 2015, the New Development Bank was introduced which lends money to developing countries for building infrastructure
What is your analysis for the BRICS?
- BRICS came into play to help shift economic influence dominance from the West
- The New Development Bank has had a positive impact internationally as it is benefitting developing countries of the world
- Their relationship with the West has made it possible that SA could be the country that help with peace talks for the Ukraine war
What is your evaluation for the BRICS?
BRICS has allowed SA to become influential but they are the newest member to the alliance so are yet to gain the level of influence that some of the countries in the alliance have such as Russia and China who are world dominators.
