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Trump and Africa – An Opportunity Amid the Uncertainty?

Posted By: adminon: December 11, 2016In: SpectacleTags: Africa, CHINA, Europe, opportunity, TrrumpNo CommentsViews:
Trump and Africa – An Opportunity Amid the Uncertainty?

This piece which speaks to what can be considered the most important or central issues about Africa in the emerging world order has been reproduced from Daily Maverick, (December 11th, 2016)... Read more

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Donald Trump Should Embrace a Realist Foreign Policy

Posted By: adminon: November 30, 2016In: GovernanceTags: Afghanistan, Chicago, CHINA, DONALD TRUMP, East Asia, Egypt, Europe, Georgia, Germany, India, Iraq, ISIS, John J. Mearsheimer, Libya, Obama, Persian Gulf, Russia, Syria, UK, Ukraine, YemenNo CommentsViews:
Donald Trump Should Embrace a Realist Foreign Policy

Remember John J. Mearsheimer, the University of Chicago’s R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science who wrote, among others, The Tragedy of Great Power Politic... Read more

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Africa’s is a Crisis of Contested Legitimacy -Tanzanian Opposition Leader’s Interview, Part 2

Posted By: adminon: November 21, 2016In: GovernanceTags: African, BOKO HARAM, Claude Ake, DONALD TRUMP, Europe, GATT, Ghana, Hilary Clinton, John Magufuli, Late Nelson Mandela, Liberia, NATO, Obama, Prof Richard, Professor Mwesiga Baregu, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, UNCTAD, USNo CommentsViews:
Africa’s is a Crisis of Contested Legitimacy -Tanzanian Opposition Leader’s Interview, Part 2

  By Adagbo ONOJA In part 1 of this interview published October 13th, 2016, Professor Mwesiga Baregu, political scientist and a leading opposition figure in Tanzania outlined the basis... Read more

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How Global Primacy Over China Will Tutor Trump on Africa

Posted By: adminon: November 15, 2016In: SpectacleTags: Africa, AFRICOM, Australia, CHINA, DONALD TRUMP, DRC, Europe, FDI, FOCAC, George W. Bush, Germany, GWOT, Hilary Clinton, IMF, Iraq, James Woolsey, Japan, Kenyan, Obama, USNo CommentsViews:
How Global Primacy Over China Will Tutor Trump on Africa

By Adagbo Onoja Punditry is already getting it wrong, going hysterical about how Donald doesn’t have one idea about Africa, how empty of Africa his own map of the world is. Others are afraid... Read more

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History in Nigerian Schools, But What Manner of History?

Posted By: adminon: October 31, 2016In: SpectacleTags: Africa, APC, Bala Usmans, Bola Tinubu, CHINA, CNN, Europe, George Kwanashie, Ibadan, Joseph Inikori, Mahmud Modibbo Tukur, Mallam Adamu Adamu, Monday Mangvat, Muhammadu Buhari, Okibe Sam Eza, Sule Bellos, Wole SoyinkaNo CommentsViews:
History in Nigerian Schools, But What Manner of History?

Nigeria has just restored the teaching of History in schools, five years after it was taken off in favour of Civics. The decision was the outcome of pressures, pressure informed by a belief... Read more

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Five megachanges that could transform the world

Posted By: adminon: October 10, 2016In: FlashbackTags: AfD, Amsterdam, Andrew McAfee, Asia, Boston, Brexit, Cape Town, Carl Frey, D.C, Ellen Stofan, Erik Brynjolfsson, Europe, Hong Kong, Iran, ISIS, Los Angeles, Madrid, Miami, Michael Osborn, Middle East, Muslims, NASA, New York City, North Africa, Poland, RBC, Russia, San Francisco, Shanghai, St. Petersburg, Sweden, Tokyo, Trumpism, U.S, Venice, WashingtonNo CommentsViews:
Five megachanges that could transform the world

By Darrel West Large-scale change is transforming the world. Many of the beliefs and institutions that used to anchor international and domestic affairs have grown weak. Political and econom... Read more

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Is Nigeria Immune to Hate Speeches?

Posted By: adminon: October 10, 2016In: De-EscalationTags: Africa, Ahmed Mohd Makarfi, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, APC, Chief Odigie-Oyegun, CITAD, Europe, Funke Egbemode, North America, PDP, Rwanda, Y Z Y'auNo CommentsViews:
Is Nigeria Immune to Hate Speeches?

There are instances of language use in Nigeria that would raise the alarm bell anywhere in much of Europe and North America. Is it then the case that Nigerians have internalized and neutrali... Read more

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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:
Nollywood and Nigeria’s Challenge of Reel Geopolitics Part 1

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

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China’s Experiment in Djibouti

Posted By: adminon: October 05, 2016In: FlashbackTags: Africa, Beijing, CHINA, CMA, Djibouti, Elmi Ahmed, Ethiopia, Europe, Gulf of Aden, IMF, Kuwait, MCA, Middle East, Philippe Danieau, SARL, Saudi Arabia, Somaliland, Turkey, U.A.E., UNICEFNo CommentsViews:
China’s Experiment in Djibouti

China’s role in Africa is changing from resource extractor to long-term strategic partner. Djibouti is a prime example. By François Dubé for The Diplomat On April 8, 2016 China’s Ministry of... Read more

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Who Killed Anthropology Nigeriana?

Posted By: adminon: September 28, 2016In: SpectacleTags: ABU Zaria, African, American, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, Europe, Japanese, Korean, Professor Ali Mazrui, Professor Wole SoyinkaNo CommentsViews:
Who Killed Anthropology Nigeriana?

By Okello Oculi Reading the interview Bishop Hassan Kukah gave to Africa Confidential – and reprinted in Intervention online recently,  – one gets a sense of his intellectual sol... Read more

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