Nigerian Foreign Policy 60 Years After Independence

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This book covers critical issues in Nigeria’s external relations since 1960. As an independent nation, Nigeria has stood out as the most populous black country in the world and contributed immensely to the search for solutions to pressing international issues, notably in Africa affairs. Nigeria has also participated actively in global affairs and used the platform of international organisation to advance her national interests, cognisant also of its regional and global obligations and responsibilities. Contributors to this thought-provoking book make a strong case for Nigeria to press for a foreign policy that puts Nigerian people at the centre. One of the strong points also emanating from the contributors of this book is the imperative for Nigeria to address domestic challenges that continue to impinge on the country’s external image.

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Keywords

• African foreign policy
• Africa in IR
• Nigerian foreign policy
• peacekeeping
• globalization
• Nigeria-US relations
• Nigeria-China relations
• Nigeria-India relations
• economic development
• cultural diplomacy
• regional integration

Table of contents (18 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Front Matter

Introduction: Reflections on 60 Years of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy

• Usman A. Tar, Sharkdam Wapmuk

The Domestic Dimensions of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy and External Relations

Front Matter

Bureaucratic Model: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Nigerian Foreign Policy

• Aloysius-Michaels Okolie, Kelechi Elijah Nnamani, Casmir Chukwuka Mbaegbu

Nigerian Foreign Policy and Challenges of Economic Development

• Osita Agbu, Samson Akpati Nzeribe

Afrocentricity and the Regional Dimensions of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy

Front Matter

A Critical Review of Nigeria’s Afrocentric Policy: Rationale, Gains and Consequences

• Emmanuel I. Ukhami, Solomon Babatunde Kumapayi

Natural Resource Endowment and Regional Integration in West Africa: The Setbacks and Implications for Nigerian Foreign Policy

• Olawari D. J. Egbe

Nigeria and the Big Global Powers

Front Matter

The Dynamics and Strategic Interests in Nigeria-US Relations

• Michael O. Maduagwu, Cyril O. Oleh

Nigeria-UK Relations in the Twenty-First Century

• Napoleon Enayaba

The Foreign Policy of Emerging Big Powers: Nigeria in China’s Belt and Road Initiative

• Efem N. Ubi

Nigeria-South Africa Relations: Prospects and Challenges of a Strategic Partnership

• Usman A. Tar, Olawale Olufemi Akinrinde

Nigeria-Brazil Relations: Ties that Bind and Binds that Tie

• Godwin Ichimi, Chinyere Rita Agu, Chinonye Frances Dike

Contemporary Issues and Challenges in Nigeria’s Foreign Policy Environment

Front Matter

Nigeria’s Foreign Policy Since Independence: Problems, Challenges and Opportunities

• Hassan A. Saliu

Nigeria’s Foreign Policy in the Age of Globalisation: Issues and Challenges

• Audu Nanven Gambo

“Gulliver’s Odyssey”: Assessing Nigeria’s Role in ECOWAS

• Chris M. A. Kwaja

Migration and Nigeria’s External Relations: A Trend Analysis of Its Nature and Dynamics in the Last 60 Years

• Joseph P. Ochogwu, Olalekan A. Babatunde

Reviews

“This book is a timely contribution and also responds to the concerns of a renowned political scientist, Joseph Nye, who expressed deep concern about the widening gap between academic theory and foreign policy practice. This book makes far reaching suggestions on how to enhance Nigeria’s foreign policy to serve the national interest in a globalized world.” (Professor Eghosa Osaghae, Director General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA))

“The book is a welcome addition and deserves a distinct place among the many academic works on Nigeria’s foreign policy. The rich insights by authors carefully selected to contribute to this book will be useful for both academics and policy makers with deep interest in the area of Nigeria’s foreign policy architecture.” (Otunba (Ambassador) Olusegun Akinsanya mni, Former Ambassador Plenipotentiary Extra-Ordinary of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Ethiopia with concurrent accreditation to Djibouti, and Permanent Representative to AU and UNECA)

“A timely work of scholarship devoid of propaganda offering a rich mix of optimism and criticism of Nigeria’s foreign policy in the past 60 years. The scholars that contributed to the volume did not hesitate to highlight the numerous challenges that have constituted a drag in Nigeria foreign policy while also underscoring the future prospects. Readers will undoubtedly find this book both educative and critical.” (Ambassador Zango Abdu, mni, Retired Diplomat)

“In this book, Usman A. Tar and Sharkdam Wapmuk, carefully assembled distinguished scholars to provide in-depth and authoritative analysis of Nigeria’s foreign policy sixty years after. The unique attempt to connect the past to the present and project into the future by underscoring pressing challenges that need to be urgently addressed in Nigerian foreign policy, makes this book a must-read.” (Ambassador Audu-Rafiu Olusola ENIKANOLAIYE, former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former Nigeria’s Acting High Commissioner to India)

Editors and Affiliations

Centre for Defence Studies and Documentation, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria

Department of Defence and Security Studies, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria

About the editors

Usman A. Tar is Endowed Professor of Defence and Security Studies, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the Nigerian Defence Academy.

Sharkdam Wapmuk is Associate Professor at the Department of Defence and Security Studies, Nigerian Defence Academy.

Bibliographic Information

• Book Title : Nigerian Foreign Policy 60 Years After Independence
• Editors : Usman A. Tar, Sharkdam Wapmuk
• DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06882-9
• Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan Cham
• eBook Packages : Political Science and International Studies , Political Science and International Studies (R0)
• Copyright Information : The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
• Hardcover ISBN : 978-3-031-06881-2 Published: 31 January 2023
• Softcover ISBN : 978-3-031-06884-3 Published: 31 January 2024
• eBook ISBN : 978-3-031-06882-9 Published: 30 January 2023
• Edition Number : 1
• Number of Pages : XXXVII, 441
• Number of Illustrations : 9 b/w illustrations
• Topics : Foreign Policy , Governance and Government , Diplomacy , International Security Studies , Comparative Politics , African Politics