NIGERIA’S FOREIGN POLICY AFTER THE COLD WAR: DOMESTIC, REGIONAL AND External Influences
The Centre for International Studies and the Centre for African Studies at Oxford University hosted a seminar on the domestic, regional, and external dimensions of Nigeria’s foreign policy after the Cold War. The seminar was held at St. Antony’s College, Oxford, from July 11 to 12, 2003, and was attended by approximately forty people, mostly scholars and practitioners, many of whom were from Nigeria.
The question of whether a relatively resourceful and ambitious country like Nigeria can be a force for stability and democratization in
Africa was at the heart of this conference on Nigeria’s foreign policy in the post-Cold War era. Given the enormity of Africa’s problems and the limited interest and commitment of many external actors to the continent since the Cold War’s end, this is an important question.
The theoretical and practical aspects of Nigeria’s foreign policy, policy formulation institutions and processes, and the â€oeconcentric circles of domestic, regional, and external influences on Nigeria’s foreign policy were thus the major issues discussed during the conference.
The Cold War’s end has resulted in a fundamental shift in the dynamics of contemporary international politics. Due to the continent’s reduced strategic importance for major external powers, developing countries with oil wealth, a large army, and a large pool of well-educated citizens,
such as Nigeria, are now able to play a leadership role in Africa. While policymakers and implementers of Nigeria’s foreign policy appear committed to responding to external demands, pressures, and influences in order to contribute to regional peacekeeping,
they must also respond appropriately to domestic pressures and influences, particularly those derived from popular public opinion. A civilian regime, unlike a military regime, is subject to pressure from parliament and the press.
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