Title：The Foreign Policy and Intervention Behavior of Africa's Middle Powers

Subtitle：An Analytic Eclecticism Approach

Author：Olumuyiwa Babatunde Amao

Publisher：Rowman & Littlefield

ISBN：9781666939927

PubYear：2023

DESCRIPTION

Based on a meta-theoretical approach and insights derived from analytic eclecticism as a comparative instrument, this book assesses Nigeria and South Africa's foreign policy and intervention behavior in Africa, with a special focus on the conflict episodes in Sierra Leone(1991-1998) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)(1997-2005). It demonstrates the overlapping nexus between conflict intervention, structural constraints.relative power pursuit, and the dynamics of regional complexes. Through these case studies, it illustrates the advantage of applying a multi-perspective eclectic approach to foreign policy analysis. This book, therefore, provides an alternative to the theoretical turf wars that are all too prevalent in the discipline of international relations.

CONTENTS

ix    Preface

xi    Acknowledgments

1     Introduction

11    Chapter 1: The Concept of Intervention in International Politics

31    Chapter 2: The Battle of Ideas: Structural Realism vs. Social Constructivism

55    Chapter 3: Nigeria's Foreign Policy and Its Conflict Intervention Behavior in Africa

77    Chapter 4: Nigeria's Conflict Intervention Role in Sierra Leone(1991-1998)

101   Chapter 5: South Africa's Foreign Policy and Its Conflict Intervention Behavior in Africa

127   Chapter 6: South Africa's Conflict Intervention Role in the Democratic Republic of Congo (1997-2005)

155   Chapter 7: Nigeria and South Africa's Foreign Policy and Intervention Behavior in Africa: The Value of Analytic Eclecticism

201   Conclusion: Key Findings

207   Bibliography

225   Index

235   About the Author