This book investigates the ways in which soft power is used by African countries to help
drive global influence. Selecting four of the countries most associated with soft power across …

This article examines Nigeria's interventions in the Economic Community of West African
States (ECOWAS). Relying on data from key ranking bodies, memoirs of retired career …

One of the principles guiding the conduct of Nigeria's foreign policy is Afrocentrism. The
concept of Nigeria's Afrocentric policy embodies two intertwined ideas. First, it is designed to …

The quest for dominance/leadership in the region of Africa has been an enduring
component of Nigeria's foreign policy. However, the literature on Nigeria's Africa policy is …

This study demonstrates that Nigeria's power scheme in the United Nations (UN) clearly
amounts to “instrumentalizing” the world body in favor of its hegemonic interest in Africa …

This article relies on the intellectual framework of “national role conceptions” to explain
Nigeria's wide‐ranging international obligations. Although Nigeria has a rich foreign policy …

The link between citizens and international diplomacy has received attention in foreign
policy theorising. As a participant in the diplomatic process, the individual/citizen is closely …

The thinking in the literature is that states develop different foreign policy interests and
priorities depending on their geographical endowments. That is, the foreign policy of a state …

In the present study the author applies qualitative and descriptive historical methods when
analyzing the primary sources. The historical dimension considers the antecedents of the …

Africa's post-colonial era is regrettably a picture of diverse economic disabilities. These
problems are attributable to a number of factors. Very prominent among them are the …