Why this Charity Begins Abroad: Comparing Nigeria’s Foreign Peacekeeping Undertakings and Domestic Counter-insurgency Operations

Eke, Surulola

doi:10.1080/00358533.2015.1053231

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“…Nigeria and South Africa relatively have impressive soft power capabilities to lead Africa and advance its agenda on the global stage. Nigeria’s soft power attribute is backed by a large and boisterous population; its governance systems and political values among its contemporaries in Africa (Aleyomi 2020; Tella 2018); its role in making and keeping the peace, aid and multilateralism in the realm of its Afrocentric foreign policy (Aleyomi and Abu Bakar 2015; Eke 2015); and its entertainment industry, including music and films (Tella 2018). Indeed, Nigeria’s Aid Corps and peacekeeping roles of the country radiate throughout Africa and beyond, which have served as institutional platforms to project the country’s soft power.…”

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Major Constraints for Regional Hegemony: Nigeria and South Africa in Perspective

Aleyomi

2021

Insight on Africa

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The quest for a complementary regional hegemonic dispensation has been an enduring component in Africa. While studies have recognised the increase in power assets of some states within the continent, literature is replete with the idea that no state can equal or defeat Nigeria and South Africa in contesting for regional powers. Though, this impression appears plausible. However, there are limited scholarly contributions to the devastating conditions that undermined the regional powers’ influential position to enhance legitimacy and positive image-making for African rebirth in global politics. It is against this backdrop that the current effort examines the constraints that hinder the credibility and attractive assets of the two regional powers in African policy. Relying on key-informant interview and secondary sources for the collection of data and the interpretive qualitative method for data analysis, the findings reveal that domestic limitations are major impediments to regional hegemonic powers’ dispensation. This article argues that possession of remarkable material capabilities without corresponding legitimacy and diplomatic means of ‘appealing’ to other states is not enough in the pursuit of hegemonic status. It, therefore, concludes that Nigeria and South Africa must tackle the domestic crises that consistently decline the credibility and continental leadership to curb the global inequality against Africa.

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Major Constraints for Regional Hegemony: Nigeria and South Africa in Perspective

Aleyomi

2021

Insight on Africa

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“…First, it appeared Nigeria's intervention could be likened to 'hegemony on a shoestring' because the country lacked the required military and economic wherewithal to impose its will on Liberia 'without appeasing local warlords and procuring external logistical assistance' (Adebajo 2006, p. 17). A major factor responsible for this was the depletion of Nigeria's financial resources as a result of decades of mis-governance and mismanagement (Ogunsanwo 2016;Nwolise 2016), as well as the degeneration of the country's military capacity despite its previous excellent military campaigns to promote peace continentally and globally (Eke 2015).…”

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

Oshewolo

2019

Austral

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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

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Oshewolo

2018

The Round Table

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Why this Charity Begins Abroad: Comparing Nigeria’s Foreign Peacekeeping Undertakings and Domestic Counter-insurgency Operations

Cited by 6 publications

References 17 publications

Major Constraints for Regional Hegemony: Nigeria and South Africa in Perspective

Major Constraints for Regional Hegemony: Nigeria and South Africa in Perspective

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

Nigeria in African Affairs: Hegemonic and Altruistic Considerations

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