Usman A. Tar is Endowed Professor of Defence and Security Studies, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the Nigerian Defence Academy.

Sharkdam Wapmuk is Associate Professor at the Department of Defence and Security Studies, Nigerian Defence Academy.

Part 1: Introduction.

Chapter 1: Introduction: understanding Nigeria's foreign policy: reflections on Nigeria's journey so far.

Part 2: The domestic dimensions of Nigeria's foreign policy and external relations.

Chapter 2: Bureaucratic model: the ministry of foreign affairs and Nigerian foreign policy.

Chapter 3: Nigerian foreign policy and challenges of economic development.

Part 3: Afrocentricity and the regional dimensions of Nigeria's foreign policy.

Chapter 4: A critical review of Nigeria's Afrocentric policy: rationale, gains and consequence.

Chapter 5: Natural resource endowment and regional integration in west Africa: the setbacks and implications for Nigerian foreign policy.

Part 4: Nigeria and the global and emerging powers.

Chapter 6: The dynamics and strategic interests in Nigeria-US relations.

Chapter 7: Nigeria-UK relations in the 21^st century.

Chapter 8: The foreign policy of emerging big power? Nigeria and china's belt and road initiative.

Chapter 9: Nigeria-South Africa relations: prospects and challenges of a strategic partnership.

Chapter 10: Nigeria-Brazil relations: ties that bind and binds that tie.

Part 5: Contemporary issues and challenges in Nigeria's foreign policy environment.

Chapter 11: Nigeria's foreign policy since independence: problems, challenges and opportunities.

Chapter 12: Nigeria foreign policy in the age of globalization: issues and challenges.

Chapter 13: "Gulliver's Odyssey": assessing Nigeria's role in Ecowas.

Chapter 14: Migration and Nigeria's external relations: a trend analysis of its nature and dynamics in the last 60 years.

Chapter 15: Nigeria's foreign policy and diaspora engagements: the unharnessed strategic asset.

Chapter 16: Climate change and Nigeria's foreign relations.

Chapter 17: Nigeria relations with the organisation of Islamic countries.

Part 6: Conclusion.

Chapter 18: Conclusion: future prospects of Nigeria's foreign policy beyond 60 years of independence: emerging trends and tasks ahead.