De-Escalation Archives - Intervention

Doomsday Clock Moves From 89 Seconds in 2025 to 85 Seconds to Midnight in 2026

Posted By: adminon: January 27, 2026In: De-EscalationTags: 'Doomsday Clock', Artificial Intelligence, Climate Change, Information warfare, Manhattan Project, University of Chicago, USANo CommentsViews:

Posted below is the short version of the statement by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (issued originally on a background of white upon black rather than black on white background, with all... Read more

Nobelists, Atomic Scientists Set to Read the Doomsday Clock January 27th, 2026

Posted By: adminon: January 26, 2026In: De-EscalationTags: 'Doomsday Clock', Artificial Intelligence, Climate Change, Information warfare, Manhattan Project, University of Chicago, USANo CommentsViews:

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists is reading the Doomsday Clock it has been maintaining for the past 79 years tomorrow (January 27th, 2026). The Doomsday Clock provides an estimated reading... Read more

The World in the Shadow of Davos: Taking Canada Seriously

Posted By: adminon: January 22, 2026In: De-EscalationTags: Davos, Middle powers, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada, UN, WEF, WTONo CommentsViews:

By Chris Kwaja In what translates to beating a loud drum of caution at the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada, became the rallying point... Read more

In the Aftermath of US Airstrikes on Nigeria At Last

Posted By: adminon: December 30, 2025In: De-EscalationTags: Bipolarity, Multipolarity, Nigerian leaders of thought, Unipolarity, USNo CommentsViews:

There has been nothing like it before: a US airstrike on Nigeria for whatever reason(s). Predictably, the airstrike is the subject of contestation between those in approval and those against... Read more

Nigeria’s Retreat from Constructive Engagement in the Israel-Palestinian Conflict

Posted By: adminon: September 21, 2025In: De-EscalationTags: Africa, Arab-Israeli war, AU, Colonialism, Global South, Late President Yasser Arafat, Middle East, PLONo CommentsViews:

By Ambassador Usman Sarki “We are watching the strangulation of 2 million people, 61,000 of them have already died. It’s disgraceful and disgusting. History will judge, history w... Read more

Senate’s Persecution of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is a Descent into Legislative Dictatorship

Posted By: adminon: September 11, 2025In: De-EscalationTags: Godswill Akpabio-led Senate, Kogi Central, National Assembly, NLC, Representative democracy, Tyrannical leadershipNo CommentsViews:

By Comrade Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) rises in vehement condemnation of the Godswill Akpabio-led Senate’s decision to continue barring Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from... Read more

The Urgent Need for Restructuring in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: September 09, 2025In: De-EscalationTags: Lee Kuan Yew, Malaysia, Nigerian federalism, Restructuring, Singapore, State police, Unitary GovernmentNo CommentsViews:

The case for restructuring of Nigeria is surely alive except that academics seem to have seized it from the career politicians since December 2023 when Prof Attahiru asserted the imperative... Read more

Suspense As ASUU Goes Into A Closed Session in Sokoto

Posted By: adminon: August 17, 2025In: De-EscalationTags: ASUU, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Egypt, IMF/World Bank, NUC, Private universities, Public universities, SOUTH AFRICA, TETFundNo CommentsViews:

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Nigeria is lost in a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Sokoto, Sokoto State. There are no hints about what the outcome of the mee... Read more

Act Now to Avert the Looming Crisis – ASUU

Posted By: adminon: August 09, 2025In: De-EscalationTags: ASUU, Books, Chemicals, Collective bargaining, Electronic and physical journals, FGN-ASSU Agreement, ILO, IPPIS, Laboratories, Libraries, MoUs/MoAs, NUC, ReagentsNo CommentsViews:

By Christopher Piwuna* The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, was recently quoted to have declared that “not again ever in this country will ASUU or tertiary institutions, trade unions... Read more

Has Zelensky Lost the West?

Posted By: adminon: August 01, 2025In: De-EscalationTags: Europe, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, west, ZelenskyNo CommentsViews:

Unherd columnist, Thomas Fazi thinks so in this piece which has a sort of a rider: He is becoming a liability. Reflect on the piece! As uneventful diplomatic talks in Istanbul wrapped up wit... Read more