Foreign Policy and Leadership in Nigeria: Obasanjo and the Challenge of African Diplomacy

ISBN-13: 9781784532109 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 288 str.

Steve Itugbu

Opis

Olusegun Obasanjo has played an extraordinary role in Nigeria's modernisation - from army dictator to prisoner to democratically elected head of state.

Spis treści

IntroductionChapter 1 - OBASANJO, DARFUR and NIGERIA AS A REGIONAL POWERChapter 2 - THE IMPERATIVE OF DIAGNOSING THE HISTORICAL AS A PRELUDE TO INTERVENTIONChapter 3 - THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKChapter 4 - THE ETHICAL/PHILOSOPHICAL MOTIVATION DRIVING OBASANJO'S DIPLOMACY ON CONFLICTS IN AFRICAChapter 5 - INVESTIGATING OBASANJO AND DARFURChapter 6 - ANALYSING THE INTERVIEWS: USING THE PUBLIC VIEW AS COMMENTARY ON THE INSIDE VIEWConclusion

O autorze

Steve Itugbu received his PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), where he now works as a teaching fellow. He was for many years a foreign policy adviser and aide to Nigeria's former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, and comments regularly on contemporary events in Africa.