Nigeria Deserves the New Administration's Attention

As President Trump assembles his foreign policy team, Susan Stigant, USIP's director of Africa Programs, urges attention to Nigeria, the continent’s largest nation and second-biggest economy.

Stigant spoke ahead of Passing the Baton 2017, a review, during the transition between administrations, of global challenges confronting our nation. Join the conversation about the transition in foreign policy and national security with top outgoing and incoming officials on Tuesday, Jan. 10, with the webcast of Passing the Baton at www.usip.org and on Twitter at #PassingTheBaton.

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