Why this Charity Begins Abroad
Comparing Nigeria’s Foreign Peacekeeping Undertakings and Domestic Counter-insurgency Operations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10475835 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Surulola James Eke, Surulola Eke (0000-0001-7693-8212, University of Benin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 281-296 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Round Table (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-8533 • E-ISSN: 1465-4008 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00358533.2015.1053231 |
| OpenAlex | W1487393686 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 21 |
The Nigerian state has had a turbulent history and even more worrisome present. Its sovereignty has been flagrantly challenged and its territorial integrity undermined by domestic non-state actors. The contemporary security challenges and indeed the incapacity of the security apparatuses to contain them contrast sharply with their past records, especially in peace enforcement abroad. Thus, this paper seeks to account for the apparent gulf between past strengths and current weaknesses of the Nigerian security machinery. It explores the country’s involvement in external peace support operations and domestic counter-insurgency efforts. The author identifies the politicisation of and corruption within the military establishment as plausible explanations for the disconnect between the recorded past (victories) and the inadequacies of today. From the standpoint of this author, to address these issues there is the need for a holistic security sector reform in Nigeria
Development economics · Economics · Enforcement · Insurgency · Language change · Peacekeeping · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sovereignty · State (computer science · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance
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| Citations per year | 0.63 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |