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Insecurity & Regional Leadership In Africa-Nigeria’s Aspiratory Hegemony Under Multiplex Threats

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Category Brains & Noble > Politics & Government

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Leadership is treated not as a fixed attribute but as a dynamic and relational process shaped by domestic political order, institutional contexts such as ECOWAS, and the expectations of neighbouring states. Nigeria’s leadership emerges less as hierarchical dominance than as negotiated authority exercised through mediation, peacekeeping, and institutional brokerage. Through detailed analysis of Nigeria’s peacekeeping operations, diplomatic mediation, and collective security commitments, the book demonstrates how regional leadership has historically been sustained through material sacrifice and responsibility-bearing practices. These commitments generated prestige and legitimacy but also produced enduring expectations that increasingly strain Nigeria’s domestic capacity under conditions of insecurity. The work also makes an important theoretical intervention in international relations by challenging conventional assumptions that regional leadership requires stable domestic order and surplus capacity. Instead, it proposes a model of leadership without hegemony, in which influence is sustained through negotiation, institutional engagement, and normative legitimacy rather than unilateral dominance. Written with scholarly depth and conceptual clarity, Insecurity and Regional Leadership in Africa represents a significant contribution to African international relations, regional security studies, and Global South foreign policy analysis. It offers valuable insights for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners concerned with the future of regional governance in Africa and with the broader question of how power, responsibility, and legitimacy interact in an era of persistent insecurity.