Nigerian’s Foreign Policy and Vision 20-2020: Any Lessons from the “Asian Tigers?

Abstract

Foreign policy is the vehicle used by sovereign states to achieve their national objectives in international relations
and among committee of nations. Over the years, Nigeria’s foreign policy has been dynamic in response to domestic
needs and externalities. One of the pillars of Nigeria’s foreign policy amongst several is the promotion of the ideals
of Vision 20:2020, through which she seeks to become one of the twenty world economies by the year 2020. The
paper’s position is that for Nigeria to realize this robust dream, she must situate her economic foreign policy towards
creation of strong infrastructures, create congenial development climate, and learn some instructive lessons from the
economic miracles of the Asia ‘Tigers’.