Stabilizing Nigeria: Sanctions, Incentives and Support: No 3 (CPA Preventive Action Reports) - Softcover

Lewis, P.M.; Robinson, Pearl T.; Rubin, Barnett R

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870784153 ISBN 13: 9780870784156

Publisher: Brookings Institution, 1998

Synopsis

Nigeria poses one of the globe's greatest challenges and risks. It is Africa's most populous country and a major exporter of oil and, potentially, of natural gas, but its people's efforts to realize their potential have been frustrated by internal conflicts and misrule. The country was nearly torn apart by a secession movement and civil war during 1967-70. Recent crises, set off by the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, once again raise the spectre of internal conflict. The current military regime's carefully controlled political transition plan and intermittent economic reforms do not confront the real problems facing the country and may in fact aggravate them. To investigate the degree of danger and consider various strategies to meet it, the Council on Foreign Relations' Center for Preventive Action (CPA) established a working group on Nigeria. This volume, the third in the CPA series of Preventive Action Reports, presents the group's findings and recommendations. It advocates a strategy of graduated pressure, including some sanctions, incentives in response to positive change, clearer communication of policy goals to the Nigerian government and public, and long-term engagement with Nigerian civil society, that will provide the basic underpinning for any genuine transition. Peter M. Lewis is assistant professor at American University's School of International Service. Pearl T. Robinson is associate professor and director of the program in international relations at Tufts University. Barnett R. Rubin is director of the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Peter M. Lewis is a senior associate with the CSIS Africa Program. He is also associate professor and director of African studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Pearl T. Robinson is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, Africa, and African-American Politics at Tufts University. Barnett R. Rubin is director of studies and senior fellow at the Center on International Cooperation of New York University and was the founding director of the Center for Preventive Action. He is one of the world's leading experts on Afghanistan, and has advised both the UN and the U.S. government on this issue for many years.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brookings Institution
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870784153
• ISBN 13: 9780870784156
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152