Nigeria has joined the Red Sea Alliance, a maritime security coalition led by Saudi Arabia and comprising 13 predominantly Muslim countries. The author, Suleiman A. Suleiman, criticizes this move as reflecting an episodic and reactive foreign policy rather than a deliberate strategy. He notes Nigeria's significant Muslim population, large economy, and substantial Hajj and Umrah contingents, as well as its deepening ties with Israel. He argues that Nigeria has failed to leverage its political, economic, and cultural capital into a coherent foreign policy.
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