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NIGERIA’S NATIONAL INTEREST AND FOREIGN POLICY: A CRITICAL EVALUATION
ABSTRACT
The foreign policy of all the countries in the international system is guided by their national interest. Foreign policy is the aggregation of the interests and objectives that a state seeks to achieve in her dealings and interactions with other states in the global community. National interest constitutes a key element in the formulation of foreign policy. It is a means or device for analyzing fundamental objectives of foreign policy of a state. Foreign policy is therefore predicated on the national interests of states, and any foreign policy that fails to reflect the country’s national interest is doomed to the general disenchantment of the citizens of that state. Nigeria’s national interest is seen as the ideal goals upon which her foreign policy is hinged. The country’s national interest serves to either justify or repudiate her actions or inactions in the global community. The study will take a holistic view of national interest and foreign policy. It will examine Nigeria’s national interest and her Afrocentric foreign policy. Attention will be paid to those strategies put in place for the achievement of Nigeria’s national interest. Nigeria’s new foreign policy thrust in economic and citizen diplomacy will also be examined.
Keywords: National Interest, Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Afrocentric, national Security