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Welcome to Keir Starmer’s Post-liberal Order

Posted By: adminon: July 06, 2024In: Words and WorldTags: Blairism, Davocracy, Keir Starmer, NGOcracy, Post-liberalism, Tories, UKNo CommentsViews:
Welcome to Keir Starmer’s Post-liberal Order

The UK is still in the news. With a brand new prime minister who has already been quoted as saying “We can’t fix everything overnight”, observers may be unstoppable from trying to frame the... Read more

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Islam and Muslim Quest for Humane Civilization 

Posted By: adminon: July 01, 2024In: Words and WorldTags: African Muslim, Christianity, Imperialism, Islamic civilizational schemata, Orientalism, Postmodern Islam, SOAS, United States, westNo CommentsViews:
Islam and Muslim Quest for Humane Civilization 

A revised version of an article written some years back, this piece by Abubakar Aliyu Liman, Professor of Comparative Literature and Popular Culture at the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nig... Read more

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2×2 geopolitics: Wars and Ideology Simplified

Posted By: adminon: June 28, 2024In: Words and WorldTags: Chinese author, International Law, Israel, Palestine, Russia, Ukraine, ‘US EmpireNo CommentsViews:
2x2 geopolitics: Wars and Ideology Simplified

By Branko Milanovic Recently, a Chinese author (as seems from the text and the Chinese characters used) proposed the following understanding of international relations. (I am grateful to a f... Read more

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The Defeat of Democracy in Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: June 28, 2024In: Words and WorldTags: DEMOCRACY, Governors, I-Debate, National Assembly, OBASANJONo CommentsViews:
The Defeat of Democracy in Nigeria?

By Saleh Bature  There is currently a debate going on about the 25 long years of uninterrupted democracy in Nigeria. As is usual with all debates, the subject of this debate is also divided... Read more

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State Police or the State of the Police in Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: June 04, 2024In: Words and WorldTags: Alhaji Gambo Jimeta, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, DFID, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar, House of Reps, IBB, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, NASS, Senator Ahmed Mallamadori, UNDPNo CommentsViews:
State Police or the State of the Police in Nigeria?

This attempt at an interim synthesis of the on-going conversation on policing Nigeria is reproduced from Daily Trust By Adagbo Onoja A nasty experience of generalised insecurity in Nigeria h... Read more

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Journey to Macondo in Search of García Márquez

Posted By: adminon: May 30, 2024In: Words and WorldTags: Aracataca, Cartagena, Colombia, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, MacondoNo CommentsViews:
Journey to Macondo in Search of García Márquez

Whether conducted decades ago or yesterday, an interview with Garcia Marquez can be a soothing weekend read in a world which has basically jumbled its card, to borrow the apt phrase. So, her... Read more

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The Death of Reader’s Digest and Why It Matters

Posted By: adminon: May 08, 2024In: Words and WorldTags: No CommentsViews:
The Death of Reader’s Digest and Why It Matters

By Adagbo Onoja Dr. Yusuf Bangura, the ex-Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Political Scientist, keeps a critical eye on the arts and posts a lot of arty stuff. Yesterday, one of his posts is a... Read more

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Judith Butler Wants Us to Reshape Our Rage

Posted By: adminon: May 04, 2024In: Words and WorldTags: Gender, Humanity, Israel, Latin America, Middle East, Palestine, violence, White supremacy, WomenNo CommentsViews:
Judith Butler Wants Us to Reshape Our Rage

Why should Intervention unleash on readers a 2020 interview of about 6000-word interview with Prof Judith Butler? It is not Intervention’s own making. It is simply because Butler is an icon.... Read more

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How to Tell if Someone Is Lying to You, According to Experts

Posted By: adminon: April 23, 2024In: Words and WorldTags: Christopher Watts, Lying, Truthful, Verbal-visual mismatchNo CommentsViews:
How to Tell if Someone Is Lying to You, According to Experts

Humanity’s war against lies and lying is moving from the technological to a variant of pyscho-analysis as can be seen in this piece reproduced from Time magazine BY ANGELA HAUPT It’s f... Read more

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Prof. William Alade Fawole, the Foreign Policy Scholar and Activist, Retires from OAU, Ile-Ife

Posted By: adminon: April 09, 2024In: Words and WorldTags: ABU Zaria, Africa, ASUU, George Washington University, International Relations, Nigerian foreign policy, OAU Ile-IfeNo CommentsViews:
Prof. William Alade Fawole, the Foreign Policy Scholar and Activist, Retires from OAU, Ile-Ife

By Prof Hassan A. Saliu The University of Ife, now OAU, holds a lot of significance for the study of International Relations in Nigeria. It was from there that the discipline has spread to o... Read more

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