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Nigeria in World Politics: Contemporary Calculations and Constraints

There are three important interrelated issues presently identifiable in the continuing debate about Nigerian foreign policy. First, as reflected in the official and Aluko citations above, does Nigeria have the ‘power’ to exert a significant influence in contemporary international affairs? Second, as indicated in all three opening quotations, but especially in that of Ogunbadejo, is Nigerian policy effective, at either global, continental or regional levels? And third, given Nigeria’s political economy and development strategy, what should be the orientation or direction of its foreign policy i…