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Making Sense of Xi-Trump Meeting in China

Posted By: adminon: May 12, 2026In: De-EscalationTags: 'Peaceful Rise', China-US relations, DONALD TRUMP, International Relations, Realism, Security dilemma, The ‘other mind’ problem, Xi JinpingNo CommentsViews:
Making Sense of Xi-Trump Meeting in China

It is the kind of activity International Relations was initially defined to be about: “a small number of big and important things” around the world, to use Kenneth Waltz’s expression. Not fo... Read more

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UNIJOS Political Science Unfolds Book on IRs and Democratic Governance in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: May 03, 2026In: BookspaceTags: Democratic governance, Federalism, Foreign policy, International Relations, PhD students, Prof Audu Gambo, UNIJOS1 CommentViews:
UNIJOS Political Science Unfolds Book on IRs and Democratic Governance in Nigeria

Mentees of University of Jos political scientist, Prof Audu Gambo, are stretching appreciation to a new height. PhD students he supervised have not only produced a Festschrift in his honour,... Read more

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Dr. Chido Onumah and Turning 60 @ the Height of Radical Uncertainty

Posted By: adminon: April 12, 2026In: People in ActionTags: Dr Oby Ezekwesili, Dr. Dapo Olorunyomi, International Relations, Latin AmericaNo CommentsViews:
Dr. Chido Onumah and Turning 60 @ the Height of Radical Uncertainty

Author and activist, Dr. Chido Onumah, turned 60 on April 10th, 2026. In obvious sensitivity to the mood of a world at war and a country caught in sickening killings and mass misery, he turn... Read more

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Situating Prof Omotoye Olorode’s ‘The Demands of Scholarship in the 21st Century’

Posted By: adminon: March 20, 2026In: BookspaceTags: 21st century, Africa, ASUU, FG, International Relations, Marxism, NUC, Ontology, Scholarship, World BankNo CommentsViews:
Situating Prof Omotoye Olorode's 'The Demands of Scholarship in the 21st Century'

Text: The Demands of Scholarship in the 21st Century Author: Prof Omotoye Olorode Pages: 78 Year: 2023 Publisher: CITAD, Kano Reviewer: Adagbo Onoja Like the banana tree which gets cut down... Read more

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When Power Goes About Unclothed

Posted By: adminon: January 16, 2026In: SpectacleTags: International Relations, Power, ‘City on the Hill’No CommentsViews:
When Power Goes About Unclothed

It is Happy New Year here at last. A New Year starts on January 1st, not 16th. There’s no debate about that but there’s no law that says everyone must celebrate it that day. It c... Read more

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Madam Julie Sanda, the Iron Lady, Celebrates Another Year

Posted By: adminon: December 16, 2024In: People in ActionTags: International Relations, National Defense College, NPSA, Prof A. T Gana, Prof Bjorn Beckman, Prof Istifanus Zabadi, Prof Jonah Elaigwu, Prof W O Alli, Prof. Rauf Mustapha, WINNo CommentsViews:
Madam Julie Sanda, the Iron Lady, Celebrates Another Year

Prof Hassan Saliu Madam Julie Sanda, a distinguished member of our Executive Committee (EXCO) and a renowned scholar, marks another year of life. For years, we have acknowledged the under-re... Read more

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Prof Bawa Gusau, the Man of Letters, Bows Out of BUK

Posted By: adminon: May 19, 2024In: People in ActionTags: BUK, Comparative Politics, Federalism, International Relations, Marxism, Prof. Tunde Adeniran, University of BostonNo CommentsViews:
Prof Bawa Gusau, the Man of Letters, Bows Out of BUK

By Prof Hassan A. Saliu Two personalities have made impact in my life, especially in my initial choice of belonging to the field of International Relations. One was my teacher, while the oth... 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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Prof. Cornelius Alaba Ogunsanwo, the Calmer Marxist, Marks His 82nd Birthday

Posted By: adminon: February 09, 2024In: People in ActionTags: Ahmadu Bello University - Zaria, ASUU, Calmer Marxist, Chief Tom Ikimi, Consultant to the Commonwealth Secretariat, Dr. Bala Usman, Ford Foundation, Gen Sani Abacha, International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, NISER, NPSA, Prof Asisi Asobie, Prof Attahiru Jega, Prof Festus Iyayi, Prof. Adebayo Adedeji Committee on Nigeria's foreign policy, SMEDAN, University of Benin, University of Lagos, World BankNo CommentsViews:
Prof. Cornelius Alaba Ogunsanwo, the Calmer Marxist, Marks His 82nd Birthday

By Prof Hassan A. Saliu I first met Professor Alaba Abiodun Adeboyejo Ogunsanwo initially through his publications on International Relations that cover various aspects of the field, especia... Read more

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From Non-linear Tracking of Empire With a Question

Posted By: adminon: November 21, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Africa, Critic, Critical, Critique, Empire, Entanglement, International Relations, Non-linearity, Opposition, Quantum social theory, ‘Officially Permitted Madness’No CommentsViews:
From Non-linear Tracking of Empire With a Question

By Adagbo Onoja It is incredible how International Relations (IRs) is busy breaking down all the ‘China Walls’ and expanding into diverse realms of knowledge production, from the ‘linguistic... Read more

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