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

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

Itugbu, Steve

Hardcover

Series: International Library of African Studies

African HistoryGeneral Political ScienceInternational Relations

ISBN10: 178453210X
ISBN13: 9781784532109
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: May 30 2017
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.10
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.60
Language: English

Steve Itugbu, for many years a foreign policy aide to Obasanjo, draws on an extensive corpus of official documents, interviews, unpublished material and first-hand experience to explore the president's multi-faceted personality in depth. In so doing, Itugbu demonstrates that Nigeria's foreign policy has suffered through a combination of personalisation - that is subjugation to the will of Obasanjo - and the failings of bureaucratic structures. The book focuses specifically on Nigeria's decision not to intervene in Darfur in 2004, which is shown to be attributable to Obasanjo's politicking and inherent focus on shoring up his own position. Ultimately, an important opportunity for the African Union to set a precedent for humanitarian intervention was missed - a pattern which has since repeated itself across Africa. Such personalisation is common in the region, and the book therefore acts as a case study for better understanding the problems facing foreign policy making, diplomacy and leadership in Africa.

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