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The Role of Public Diplomacy in Promoting Nigeria’s National Interest In the 21st Century

This paper examined the Role of Public Diplomacy in Promoting Nigeria’s National Interest in The 21st Century. The paper employed the theory of soft power as it theoretical framework. The theory was first proposed by Joseph Nye in 1990. The theory helps understand how nations achieve their objectives by attracting others rather than forcing them. This paper adopted a qualitative research methodology and relies on secondary sources of data collection to examine the role of public diplomacy in promoting Nigeria’s national interest in the 21st century. Data were sourced from academic journals, te…