International Relations

Postgraduate
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1

The International Relations of Ethnicity: Cross-Border Ethnic Solidarity, Irredentism, and Nigerian State Responses

PhD
2

Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Regional Organisations: Lessons from Nigeria’s Leadership in Sierra Leone’s Reconstruction

PhD
3

Nigeria’s Grand Strategy: Existence, Coherence, and Contradictions in Africa’s Most Complex Foreign Policy

PhD
4

Digital Authoritarianism and Its International Diffusion: Nigeria’s Exposure to Foreign Internet Control Models

PhD
5

Security Sector Reform as Diplomacy: International Assistance, Military Governance, and Nigeria’s Civilian Control Challenges

PhD
6

Climate Finance Diplomacy and the Politics of Loss and Damage in Africa: Nigeria’s Advocacy Role

PhD
7

Afrocentrism, Ubuntu, and the Philosophical Foundations of Nigerian Contributions to International Law

PhD
8

The Political Economy of Nigeria’s Sovereign Default Risk and Its Foreign Policy Implications

PhD
9

Statebuilding and International Recognition: Biafra, Secession, and the Norms of Territorial Integrity in the OAU Era

PhD
10

Global Value Chains and Nigeria’s Industrial Policy Diplomacy: Negotiating Integration in a Fragmented World Economy

PhD
11

Contested Sovereignty and International Environmental Governance: Nigeria, Royal Dutch Shell, and the Politics of Environmental Accountability

PhD
12

Great Power Competition in West Africa and Its Implications for Nigerian Strategic Autonomy

PhD
13

Religion, Identity, and the Politics of Nigeria’s OIC Membership: A Constructivist Analysis

PhD
14

Hybrid Governance, Armed Non-State Actors, and the Erosion of Nigerian Sovereignty in the North West

PhD
15

The Epistemology of African Foreign Policy Analysis: Decolonising the Study of Nigerian Diplomacy

PhD
16

The Changing Architecture of African Peacekeeping: Nigeria’s Doctrinal Evolution from ECOMOG to Hybrid Missions

PhD
17

Structural Power and Debt Dependency: A Critical Examination of Chinese Loan Architecture in Nigerian Infrastructure Projects

PhD
18

Norm Localisation and the African Human Rights System: Nigeria’s Role in Shaping Regional Human Rights Jurisprudence

PhD
19

Beyond the Resource Curse: Oil Wealth, State Capacity, and the Foreign Policy Ambitions of the Nigerian State

PhD
20

Constructing the Nigerian Hegemon: Identity, Interests, and the Production of Regional Leadership Norms in West Africa

PhD
21

The African Union’s Agenda 2063 and Nigeria’s Contribution to Continental Development Diplomacy

Masters
22

African Agency in IMF Loan Negotiations: Nigeria’s Experience with Programme Ownership

Masters
23

Digital Sovereignty and Nigeria’s Engagement with Global Technology Governance: Data Localisation and Platform Regulation

Masters
24

Transboundary Water Conflict and Cooperation: Nigeria’s Diplomatic Engagement with the Niger River Basin Authority

Masters
25

Foreign Policy Entrepreneurs and Nigerian Diplomacy: The Influence of Individual Leaders on Foreign Policy Outcomes

Masters
26

Corporate Diplomacy and Multinational Oil Companies in Nigeria’s Foreign Relations

Masters
27

Economic Migration and Host Community Conflict: The Dynamics of Nigerian Migrants in Ghanaian Cities

Masters
28

The Politics of Nigeria’s Permanent Membership Campaign for the UN Security Council

Masters
29

Nigeria’s Bilateral Relations with Israel: Trade, Security, and the Palestinian Question

Masters
30

Digital Trade Governance and Nigeria’s Position in Emerging International Internet Regulation Frameworks

Masters
31

Environmental Security and Nigeria’s Foreign Policy Response to Desertification in the North West

Masters
32

Neoliberal Conditionality and IMF-Nigeria Relations: A Critical Political Economy Analysis

Masters
33

Migration-Development Nexus: Remittances, Brain Drain, and Nigeria’s Policy Responses

Masters
34

Nigeria’s Foreign Policy Under Tinubu: Assessing Continuity and Change in the First Two Years

Masters
35

Sovereign Wealth Fund Diplomacy: The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority and External Relations

Masters
36

The Effectiveness of International Sanctions as a Tool of Nigerian Foreign Policy: Evidence from West Africa

Masters
37

Information Warfare and Nigeria’s Diplomatic Vulnerabilities: An Analysis of Foreign Disinformation Campaigns

Masters
38

Feminist Foreign Policy and Its Applicability to the Nigerian Context: A Comparative Analysis

Masters
39

The Determinants of Nigeria’s Alliance Choices: A Quantitative Analysis of Bilateral Security Agreements

Masters
40

Regional Security Architecture and Counterterrorism Effectiveness: An Empirical Assessment of MNJTF Operations in the Lake Chad Basin

Masters
41

Private Sector Engagement in Nigerian Diplomacy: The Role of Business Councils in Economic Statecraft

PGD
42

Trans-Saharan Drug and Human Trafficking Routes: Nigeria’s Law Enforcement Diplomacy in the Sahel

PGD
43

Refugee Camp Management and International Burden-Sharing: Nigeria’s Experience in the North East

PGD
44

Diplomatic Immunity and the Management of Foreign Diplomats in Nigeria: Legal Frameworks and Controversies

PGD
45

Intelligence Diplomacy and Nigeria’s Bilateral Security Intelligence Sharing Agreements

PGD
46

Pan-Africanism and the Role of Nigeria’s Civil Society in Advancing Continental Unity

PGD
47

Nigeria’s International Health Diplomacy: COVID-19 Vaccine Procurement and COVAX Engagement

PGD
48

African Peer Review Mechanism and Nigeria’s Domestic Governance Reform Commitments

PGD
49

International Sports Diplomacy and Nigeria’s Use of Football as a Tool of Soft Power

PGD
50

Nigeria’s Role in OPEC: Energy Diplomacy and the Politics of Production Quotas

PGD
51

The Management of Nigeria’s International Trade Missions: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Commercial Diplomacy

PGD
52

Counterterrorism Cooperation between Nigeria and the United Kingdom: Policy Alignment and Operational Realities

PGD
53

Nigeria’s Debt Diplomacy: Managing External Borrowing and International Creditor Relations

PGD
54

Negotiating ECOWAS Free Movement Protocols: Nigeria’s Domestic Political Constraints

PGD
55

Diplomatic Reporting and Intelligence: The Role of Nigerian Ambassadors as Information Gatherers

PGD
56

Diplomatic Protocol Management in Nigerian Foreign Missions: Challenges and Best Practices

PGD
57

Visa Reciprocity and Nigeria’s Management of Foreign Nationals: Policy and Practice

PGD
58

Crisis Communication in Nigerian Diplomacy: Lessons from the 2023 ECOWAS-Niger Crisis

PGD
59

The Management of Oil Windfall Revenue and Its Impact on Nigeria’s Foreign Aid Commitments

PGD
60

Managing Nigeria’s Consular Services: A Study of Citizen Assistance Efficiency in European Missions

PGD

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