An Examination of the Influence of Globalization on Nigeria Foreign Policy
An Examination of the Influence of Globalization on Nigeria Foreign Policy
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
The logical pursuit of a set of national goals is what foreign policy is all about. The word "pursuit" connotes actions, steps, and roles that will define a state's attitude or behavior in the external world. Foreign policy may be compared to a wedding ring, with which a nation's domestic setting solemnizes its marriage with the rest of the world. The goals and objectives of nations underpin such political "marriage," thus foreign policy is a means to an end for governments. Academics have defined foreign policy as a pattern of behavior that a state adopts in its interactions with other nations, a notion that other scholars interpret as the state's strategy and tactics in dealing with other states in the...