China/Russia/South Africa Naval Exercise

The ChinAfrica Project posted on 25 November 2019 a brief Q & A with me titled "Chinese and Russian Warships Are in South Africa for First-ever Naval Exercises. Should the U.S. Be Worried?"

China, Russia, and South Africa are engaged in a naval exercise off the South African coast. This is one more marker of South Africa's "Look East" policy. While it is good South African policy to have cordial relations with China, it would be useful to remember that the European Union and the the United States are still South Africa's most important economic partners. One wonders what would be the response of the South African government if the U.S. Navy proposed a joint or trilateral naval exercise with the South African Navy.