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Murtala Mohammed and the Culture of the Big Question

Posted By: adminon: February 13, 2017In: Policy & GovernanceTags: 41st Anniversary of Murtala Mohammed, Asia, Brazil, Coup, Industrialisation, Latin America, Muhammadu Buhari, olusegun Obasanjo, South KoreaNo CommentsViews:

Murtala Mohammed and the Culture of the Big Question Today is the 41st anniversary of the assassination of General Murtala Ramat Mohammed. As usual, it provides an opportunity for individual... Read more

Reloading Nigeria’s Risk Baggage in 2017, (Part 3)

Posted By: adminon: December 28, 2016In: Policy & GovernanceTags: 21st Century Scramble for Africa, Africa Mining Vision, AFRICOM, Battleground Africa, Brazil, CHINA, France intervention in Mali, Gaddafi, India, Japan, Margreat Carol Lee, NATO, NIGERIA, Russia, USNo CommentsViews:

Reloading Nigeria’s Risk Baggage in 2017, (Part 3) The third and the conclusion of a three-part Special Report discuss the ‘Battleground Africa’ risk baggage in relation to Nigeria. In bring... Read more

Brazil Breaking BRICS?

Posted By: adminon: November 28, 2016In: FlashbackTags: Brazil, BRICS, CHINA, Dilma Rousseff, DONALD TRUMP, France, India, Michel Temer, Russia, SOUTH AFRICA, UN, US, WTONo CommentsViews:

Published originally in The Conversation online (Nov 20th, 2016) under the title “Brazil is breaking with its south-south focus. What it means for BRICS”, this piece hints about... Read more

Underdeveloped American Democracy

Posted By: adminon: November 11, 2016In: SpectacleTags: America, Angola, Arkansas State, Brazil, British, Canada, CHINA, DONALD TRUMP, HILLARY CLINTON, ISIS, JACOB ZUMA, Mexico, Namibia, Robert Mugabe, SOUTH AFRICA, United Nations, Venezuela, Washington, ZimbabweNo CommentsViews:

By Okello Oculi, The notion of the United States of America as an ‘’underdeveloped country’’ was irreverently presented by Ira Sharkansky to the197... Read more

Brexit in UK and the Unwanted President in the US: The Risk Society in Full Flight

Posted By: adminon: November 10, 2016In: FlashbackTags: American, Brazil, CFR, Chinese, DONALD TRUMP, EU, Germany, Hilary Clinton, India, Jacob Heilbrunn, Robert Kagan, Russia, UK, United States, William KristolNo CommentsViews:

When Brexit happened, the most notable Western newspapers which write the global space such as The Economist, The New York Times, The Guardian and Die Spiegel each had a different name for i... Read more

Nollywood and Nigeria’s Challenge of Reel Geopolitics Part 1

Posted By: adminon: October 08, 2016In: De-EscalationTags: Akin Adesokan, America, Bollywood, Brazil, CHINA, CIA, Europe, Geoffrey Onyeama, Hollywood, Indian, Kannywood, Lai Mohammed, Nollywood, Prof Akwanya, Prof Ibrahim Bello-Kano, Prof Saint GbilekaNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo ONOJA Reel geopolitics is the name of the game. That is the game of husbanding cinematographic representation of reality to the help of national power in global politics. The power... Read more

Upsets in Projected Preponderance of Women in Power Globally

Posted By: adminon: October 06, 2016In: FlashbackTags: African, Angela Merkel, Brazil, CHINA, Dilma Rousseff, Dr. Nkosana Zuma, Germany, IMF, Liberia, Mrs Hilary Clinton, Park Geun-Hye, Sir leaf Johnson, South Korea, Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, UN, UNSCNo CommentsViews:

The expected preponderance of women in power as from 2017 has suffered severe setbacks within the last few months. By the earlier projection, a woman contender was expected to win the Secret... Read more