The Foreign Policy and Intervention Behavior of Africa‘s Middle Powers-中国社会科学院西亚非洲研究所

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