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President Putin of Russia in China, 4 Days After Trump

Posted By: adminon: May 19, 2026In: SpectacleTags: Geopolitics, Halford Mackinder, People's Republic of China, Russia, west, ‘The Heartland’No CommentsViews:
President Putin of Russia in China, 4 Days After Trump

Russian president, Vladimir Putin, is in Beijing, less than a week after US president Trump’s visit to what has simply emerged as the centre of global diplomacy. According to the South China... Read more

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Trauma, Fantasy and Hegemony in Comprehending Prof Jibrin Ibrahim’s 70th Birthday 

Posted By: adminon: December 14, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: 'Critical distance’, 2nd International, Africa, Anthropocene, Bolaji Akinyemi, Fantasy, Halford Mackinder, Hegemony, Intellectuals of statecraft, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, SAP, TraumaNo CommentsViews:
Trauma, Fantasy and Hegemony in Comprehending Prof Jibrin Ibrahim's 70th Birthday 

By Adagbo Onoja  It seems safe to assume that the 70th birthday anniversary of Prof Jibrin Ibrahim is finally over. But an entire week celebrating a single political scientist in a country o... Read more

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My Reply On Prof Bolaji Akinyemi’s ‘A Farewell to Policy’

Posted By: adminon: November 19, 2022In: Words and WorldTags: Achebe, Discourse theory, Geopolitics, Halford Mackinder, Lewis Obi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Concord, New Nigerian, NIIA, Popular culture, The Guardian, ‘Centuries of humiliationNo CommentsViews:
My Reply On Prof Bolaji Akinyemi’s ‘A Farewell to Policy’

A crisis of deadline makes it absolutely impossible for me to do justice to the ‘order’ that I elaborate on Prof Bolaji Akinyemi’s A Farewell to Policy which I have been accused of over-rati... Read more

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Akinyemi, Nigeria and the ‘New’ World Order

Posted By: adminon: November 06, 2022In: Words and WorldTags: Achebe, Discourse theory, Geopolitics, Halford Mackinder, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NIIA, Popular culture, ‘Centuries of humiliationNo CommentsViews:
Akinyemi, Nigeria and the ‘New’ World Order

By Adagbo Onoja The misery index for the average Nigerian has, irrespective of what official statistics might be saying, been so high in the past decade as to compel attention to the theory... Read more

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What’s Lenin’s 150th Birthday Anniversary All About?

Posted By: adminon: April 24, 2020In: World From AfricaTags: Alex Callinicos, Chinese Communist Party, Francis Fukuyama, G-7, Halford Mackinder, MarxismNo CommentsViews:
What’s Lenin’s 150th Birthday Anniversary All About?

It must be in 1996 or 1997 that Newsweek did a cover story on crisis management leadership by looking at each of the incumbents of the G-7 only to conclude that the world was leaderless and... Read more

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Veritas University and the Peace-Development Nexus

Posted By: adminon: November 17, 2017In: BookspaceTags: ABU - Zaria School of History, Britain, Catholicism, Centrpiece of Nigerias foreign policy, CHINA, Halford Mackinder, Ibadan School of History, Peace-Development Nexus, Realism, USANo CommentsViews:
Veritas University and the Peace-Development Nexus

By Adagbo ONOJA A conference on Peace and Development in Nigeria by a centre backed by a university is bound to occupy a striking presence on the radar of those who, perforce, have to mainta... Read more

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Beyond Marxist Orthodoxy: A Rejoinder to Adagbo Onoja
Beyond Marxist Orthodoxy: A Rejoinder to Adagbo Onoja

Beyond Marxist Orthodoxy: A Rejoinder to Adagbo Onoja

November 13, 2026
The Politics of Belonging: Who Has a Stake in Nigeria's Future?
The Politics of Belonging: Who Has a Stake in Nigeria's Future?

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Festus Iyayi, Gramsci, Toye Olorode and Matters Arising
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Centenary of Gramsci’s Imprisonment: A Forum Report
Centenary of Gramsci’s Imprisonment: A Forum Report

Centenary of Gramsci’s Imprisonment: A Forum Report

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November 12: Remembering Comrade Prof Festus Iyayi (1947-2013)
November 12: Remembering Comrade Prof Festus Iyayi (1947-2013)

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