Theory question 110
Nigeria's Foreign Policy(a) What is National Interest?
(b) Outline four objectives of your country's foreign policy.
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(a) National interest is the set of goals and needs a state seeks to protect and promote in its dealings with other states, such as security, territorial integrity, economic well-being and prestige.
(b) Any four (Nigeria):
1. Protection of sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.
2. Africa as the centrepiece: decolonisation and end of apartheid (achieved by 1994).
3. Promotion of West African integration (ECOWAS) and African unity (AU).
4. Promotion of world peace and security (UN peace-keeping).
5. Economic development and attracting foreign investment.
6. Non-interference in internal affairs of other states.
7. Protection of Nigerians abroad (citizen diplomacy).
8. Promotion of a just world economic order.
Answer for Nigeria; Africa as centrepiece is the core principle.