Personality factor and the evolution of foreign policy: Nigeria in perspective

The common saying that “No nation is an island” emphasizes the importance of international relations where nations-states interact with each other through some complex relationships. These relations may be conflictual, symbiotic, harmonious or peaceful as the case may be. This is evident in the rela...

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Main Authors: Maichiki, Manasseh Paul, Chat, Lot Kogi, Adakole, John
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spelling my.uum.repo.280092020-12-24T00:34:19Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/28009/ Personality factor and the evolution of foreign policy: Nigeria in perspective Maichiki, Manasseh Paul Chat, Lot Kogi Adakole, John JZ International relations The common saying that “No nation is an island” emphasizes the importance of international relations where nations-states interact with each other through some complex relationships. These relations may be conflictual, symbiotic, harmonious or peaceful as the case may be. This is evident in the relationships between Nigeria with other nations-states through the formulations of her foreign policies. As such, the evolution of Nigeria’s foreign policy should be the expression of her domestic milieu, anchored on her supposedly national interest and guided by her foreign policy orientation in the pursuance her objectives. However, the origin of Nigeria’s foreign policy with root in colonialism is shape by the circumstance of Nigeria’s pre-independence political parties and ethnicity, the nature of her independence, and leadership among other factors. Nevertheless, it is arguable, that Nigeria’s foreign policy was ill formulated to reflect her domestic environment. Rather, it was overshadowed by Afrocentric interest and proWestern posture. Therefore, the personality model of foreign policy is employed to justify the position of this paper, while the problematique is addressed by analysing secondary information from textbooks, reports, journal articles and newspapers. The paper, thus acknowledges the contradictions that surrounded the evolution of Nigeria’s foreign policy, it however contends that domestic circumstances and Nigeria’s leadership inability to charismatically fashioned foreign policies to reflect Nigeria’s national interest has been a bane of projecting the country’s influence beyond the African region despite evolving post independent foreign policies. 2020-10-14 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/28009/1/INSORPAD%20144%20158.pdf Maichiki, Manasseh Paul and Chat, Lot Kogi and Adakole, John (2020) Personality factor and the evolution of foreign policy: Nigeria in perspective. In: The International Seminar on Regional Politics, Administration and Development 2020 (INSORPAD2020), 14-15 October 2020, STISIPOL Raja Haji, Riau, INDONESIA.
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Maichiki, Manasseh Paul
Chat, Lot Kogi
Adakole, John
Personality factor and the evolution of foreign policy: Nigeria in perspective
description The common saying that “No nation is an island” emphasizes the importance of international relations where nations-states interact with each other through some complex relationships. These relations may be conflictual, symbiotic, harmonious or peaceful as the case may be. This is evident in the relationships between Nigeria with other nations-states through the formulations of her foreign policies. As such, the evolution of Nigeria’s foreign policy should be the expression of her domestic milieu, anchored on her supposedly national interest and guided by her foreign policy orientation in the pursuance her objectives. However, the origin of Nigeria’s foreign policy with root in colonialism is shape by the circumstance of Nigeria’s pre-independence political parties and ethnicity, the nature of her independence, and leadership among other factors. Nevertheless, it is arguable, that Nigeria’s foreign policy was ill formulated to reflect her domestic environment. Rather, it was overshadowed by Afrocentric interest and proWestern posture. Therefore, the personality model of foreign policy is employed to justify the position of this paper, while the problematique is addressed by analysing secondary information from textbooks, reports, journal articles and newspapers. The paper, thus acknowledges the contradictions that surrounded the evolution of Nigeria’s foreign policy, it however contends that domestic circumstances and Nigeria’s leadership inability to charismatically fashioned foreign policies to reflect Nigeria’s national interest has been a bane of projecting the country’s influence beyond the African region despite evolving post independent foreign policies.
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author Maichiki, Manasseh Paul
Chat, Lot Kogi
Adakole, John
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Chat, Lot Kogi
Adakole, John
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title Personality factor and the evolution of foreign policy: Nigeria in perspective
title_short Personality factor and the evolution of foreign policy: Nigeria in perspective
title_full Personality factor and the evolution of foreign policy: Nigeria in perspective
title_fullStr Personality factor and the evolution of foreign policy: Nigeria in perspective
title_full_unstemmed Personality factor and the evolution of foreign policy: Nigeria in perspective
title_sort personality factor and the evolution of foreign policy: nigeria in perspective
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