Nigeria in African Affairs: Hegemonic and Altruistic Considerations

Saliu, Hassan A.; Oshewolo, Segun

doi:10.1080/00358533.2018.1476095

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“…This study establishes that Nigeria has always pursued a hegemonic ambition in the African region (Oshewolo 2019a, 2019d, 2019e; Saliu and Oshewolo 2018) and has often used the platform of the UN to give effect to this ambition and project its power capabilities to the world. The legitimacy of Nigeria’s leadership ambition in Africa is built on some compelling grounds.…”

Section: The Legitimacy Of Nigeria’s Leadership Ambitions In Africamentioning

confidence: 59%

“Instrumentalizing” The United Nations: Nigeria and Its Quest for Regional Leadership in Africa

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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. Through the UN, Nigeria has employed its abundant power resources to support the dismantling of apartheid and colonialism in Africa, contribute actively to the maintenance of international peace, and promote social and economic development in the developing world, including Africa. Nigeria’s exploits in the above areas have yielded notable dividends, particularly the projection of the country as a leading African power. The notable dividends notwithstanding, there have been some major setbacks such as occasional disdain for Nigeria’s interest and ambition in the UN by smaller African countries, overwhelming domestic security challenges, and the consequent waning of Nigeria’s role in UN-mounted peacekeeping. The study recommends that Nigeria must urgently address these challenges to return to its position of prominence in the world body.

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“…Another major idea in the literature that supports the policy is that Nigeria possesses the indicators that support the role (Akinboye, 2013;Bach, 2007;Bamalli, 2007;Osuntokun, 2013;Saliu & Oshewolo, 2018). That Nigeria has always seen itself and has been perceived by others as a natural leader in Africa is planked on the country's power indicators (Osuntokun, 2008).…”

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“…For Nigeria, the continent is a natural base from which to project its national interests and regional influence (Ate, 2000). These are realist considerations that have constantly defined Nigeria's foreign policy pursuit in Africa (Akinboye, 2013;Saliu & Oshewolo, 2018).…”

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“…The continent of Africa has been designated as Nigeria's primary sphere of diplomatic interest. Nations with large power capabilities measured in terms of military strength, economic profile, favourable demographic matrix and internal political stability are in the habit of maintaining spheres of international influence (Saliu & Oshewolo, 2018). In international politics, the need for spheres of interest is normally informed by certain considerations.…”

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Major Contentions on Nigeria’s Afrocentric Policy

Oshewolo¹

2019

India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs

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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 replete with ideas that favour the policy and those that make the policy indefensible. These opposing ideas—including the underlying arguments—have been carefully articulated by foreign policy authors, observers and practitioners. Although the arguments for the retention of the policy have been largely influenced by realist considerations, those holding opposing views have wondered whether sustaining the policy will be in the overall interest of Nigeria—particularly given the country’s changing/fluctuating fortunes in pursuing the policy. While this study finds the contending views intellectually stimulating, its objective is to contribute to the debate by offering a perspective which represents a compromise position between the contending ideas. This study argues that it will be in Nigeria’s overall interest to retain the policy while allowing critical reforms that could help mitigate the misgivings surrounding the policy.

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“…In Africa, Nigeria's approach to regional security has been largely influenced by its national role conception in continental international relations. With this role conception, Nigerian political leaders understand the country as a natural leader in Africa with the responsibility to promote and protect the interests of the continent (Alli 2012;Oshewolo 2018;Saliu & Oshewolo 2018). In addition, the security of Nigeria is believed to be tied to that of other African states fundamentally because of cultural and historical linkages (Alli 2012).…”

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Unpacking Nigeria’s Peace Efforts During the Second Cycle of the Liberian Conflict

Oshewolo

2019

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Although peace operations have been a major instrument of Nigeria’s foreign policy continentally and globally, this study analyzed the country’s peace campaigns in Liberia under president Olusegun Obasanjo. The paper observed inter alia that Obasanjo’s peace efforts in Liberia were influenced by his recognition of Nigeria as a leading actor in the stabilization efforts in the region. While there were some encumbrances, Nigeria’s peace campaigns in Liberia were successful as revealed by the data sources. Nigeria’s major accomplishments included the eventual signing of a comprehensive peace agreement in 2003 that brought an end to the carnage in the country, offer of asylum to Taylor, and the 2005 post-conflict elections. These accomplishments could be attributed to President Obasanjo’s gravitas and Nigeria’s well-oiled diplomatic machinery in the West African sub-region. To arrive at this conclusion, the paper adopted the secondary data sources and interview technique for the purpose of data collection, and descriptive thematic analysis.

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Nigeria in African Affairs: Hegemonic and Altruistic Considerations

Cited by 15 publications

References 10 publications

“Instrumentalizing” The United Nations: Nigeria and Its Quest for Regional Leadership in Africa

“Instrumentalizing” The United Nations: Nigeria and Its Quest for Regional Leadership in Africa

Major Contentions on Nigeria’s Afrocentric Policy

Unpacking Nigeria’s Peace Efforts During the Second Cycle of the Liberian Conflict

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