REVIEWING NIGERIA’S STAKE AND THE STRATEGIC IMPLICATION OF MOROCCO’S PROPOSED MEMBERSHIP OF THE ECOWAS
| dc.contributor.author | Ibrahim O. Salawu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-06T10:28:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-11-06T10:28:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-12-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | International relations remain one of the surviving platforms for negotiation, consent, exploitation and domination of nations by nation. Cooperation and integration are two of the mechanisms used in the articulation of regional arrangements. The Kingdom of Morocco, a Maghreb nation in North Africa’s bid for ECOWAS membership has attracted recurrent intellectual engagements by the ECOWAS member states and the academia. This study relies on qualitative research methods of data collection and analysis. The respondents were purposively selected based on their cognate experience and practice of the international relation and regional organizations. The Critical theory was used to gird the study, this allows the researcher to critically examine data collected from publications and triangulation which resulted in the discovery of the following: Regionalism is a complex phenomenon that may not be easily captured in one international relations theory; Regional arrangement of ECOWAS is threatened by external ‘interests’ like that of Morocco-ECOWAS membership. That given the antecedent of Morocco in the Maghreb Union, her interests in ECOWAS might be beyond economic alliance and there is still much to know about Morocco’s intentions. Therefore, the study recommended among others that Nigeria and other West African states should go back to the drawing board to re-examine their position on Morocco’s ECOWAS membership. Furthermore, ECOWAS members, especially Nigeria should guide her strategic position in ECOWAS by diplomatically weighing the short term and the long-term benefits of allowing Morocco to become ECOWAS member. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/2656 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Studies in Politics and Society | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Volume ; 8, Number 1 & 2 | |
| dc.title | REVIEWING NIGERIA’S STAKE AND THE STRATEGIC IMPLICATION OF MOROCCO’S PROPOSED MEMBERSHIP OF THE ECOWAS | |
| dc.type | Article |