Gulliver's troubles : Nigeria's foreign policy after the Cold War / edited by Adekeye Adebajo and Abdul Raufu Mustapha.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adebajo, Adekeye, 1966-

Mustapha, Abdul Raufu.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nigeria--Foreign relations--1993-.

Nigeria.

International relations.

Nigeria--Politics and government--1993-2007.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xxii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Scottsville, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2008.

Summary:

Gulliver's Troubles offers the first comprehensive assessment of the post-Cold War foreign policy of Nigeria - one of Africa's most important states. Expert contributors, comprising academics and scholar-diplomats, analyse Nigeria's most vital domestic challenges and critical regional issues from historical and contemporary perspectives. Nigeria's relations with its neighbours and other significant states and regional and international bodies also come under scrutiny. The debates here, while multifaceted, share the premise that an effective foreign policy must be built on a sound domestic base and democratic stability.

Contents:

Hegemony on a shoestring: Nigeria's post-Cold War foreign policy / Adekeye Adebajo

The three faces of Nigeria's foreign policy: nationhood, identity and external relations / Abdul Raufu Mustapha

From Balewa to Obasanjo: the theory and practice of Nigeria's foreign policy / Ibrahim A. Gambari

The unsung player: the Nigerian diplomat and the Foreign Service / Oladapo Fafowora

Militaries, militias and mullahs: national security issues in Nigeria's foreign policy / W. Alade Fawole

The disease of elephants: oil-rich 'minority' areas, Shell and international NGOs / Ike Okonta

Gulliver and the Lilliputians: Nigeria and its neighbours / Akinjide Osuntokun

New regionalism or loose cannon? Nigeria's role in informal economic networks and integration in West Africa / Kate Meagher

Mad dogs and glory: Nigeria's interventions in Liberia and Sierra Leone / Adekeye Adebajo

An African 'concert of powers'? Nigeria and South Africa's construction of the AU and NEPAD / Chris Landsberg

A triple web of interdependence: the UN, the Commonwealth and the EU / Martin I. Uhomoibhi

The switchback and the fallback: Nigeria-Britain relations / Kaye Whiteman

Players. policies and prospects: Nigeria-US relations / Gwendolyn Mikell

Crisis, change and continuity: Nigeria-France relations / Jean-François Médard

A 'rising Great Power' embraces Africa: Nigeria-China relations / Sharath Srinivasan

Challenges for Nigeria's foreign policy in the post-Cold War era / Abdul Raufu Mustapha

Cartoons on Nigeria in the post-Cold War era / Zapiro.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1869141482

9781869141486

OCLC:

243822792