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Nigerians, Beware of a 21st Century Edition of ‘It is the Bale himself’!

Posted By: adminon: March 03, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: Christians, FRONTEX, Imperialism, Iran, Israel, Kofi Annan, Muslims, Old Oyo Empire, R2P, Sovereignty, Trump, ‘Mistake of 1914’1 CommentViews:
Nigerians, Beware of a 21st Century Edition of ‘It is the Bale himself'!

By Adagbo Onoja Let me begin this piece by refreshing the memories of readers of Intervention about this story of the fate of the old Oyo Empire told by the late US based Nigerian theorist,... Read more

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NIIA Plumbs Deeper, Simulates Global Geopolitical Shifts

Posted By: adminon: March 03, 2026In: World From AfricaTags: Africa, AU, BRICS, Great power, Iran, Israel, Medium powers, NIIA, NPSA, Political Science, Prime Minister Mark Carney, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, Ukraine, USANo CommentsViews:
NIIA Plumbs Deeper, Simulates Global Geopolitical Shifts

The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) might be plumbing into raising the stakes in think tanking the international. For its impending Lecture Series, it is not only aggregat... Read more

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The Israel-Iran Crisis: A Chance to Step Back from the Brink

Posted By: adminon: April 17, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: Beijing, Deterrence, Hamas, Hizbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Operation True Promise, WashingtonNo CommentsViews:
The Israel-Iran Crisis: A Chance to Step Back from the Brink

By International Crisis Group There is some careful balancing in this statement that makes it a more attractive intervention than that of those who are either parroting Israel’s invincibilit... Read more

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The ‘Democratisation of Asymmetry’

Posted By: adminon: April 02, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: Airpower, Arms trade, Attrition, Houthis, Iran, Red Sea, Russia, Sahel, Wagner PMCNo CommentsViews:
The 'Democratisation of Asymmetry'

Ukraine and Gaza are holding the world in rapt attention as sites of war to determine global primacy. But the piece below from The Loop published by the European Consortium for Political Res... Read more

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Can Any Other Weapon System Be More Dangerous Than Nuclear Bombs?

Posted By: adminon: August 07, 2022In: De-EscalationTags: Artificial Intelligence, Australia, Iran, Loyal Wingman, POM-3, Russia, Sea Hunter, Turkey, ‘Flash war’No CommentsViews:
Can Any Other Weapon System Be More Dangerous Than Nuclear Bombs?

Well, that is the claim Toby Walsh, Australian tech expert and Professor of Artificial Intelligence argues in this interview with Der Spiegel and in which he spells out how menacing Artifici... Read more

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Commodification of Elective Offices and Democratisation in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: July 10, 2022In: Words and WorldTags: Africa, APC, Asia, CHINA, Cuba, Dr. Umaru Dikko, Fourth Republic, Francis Fukuyama, Illiberalism, Iran, Latin America, Margaret Thatcher, Middle East, MKO Abiola, PDPNo CommentsViews:
Commodification of Elective Offices and Democratisation in Nigeria

By Aminu Habibu Jahun Slightly over two decades after the take-off of the Fourth Republic, democratic rule has been so grotesquely disfigured in the hands of a few ‘democratic suitors... Read more

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The End of US Triumphalism and Return of Realpolitik

Posted By: adminon: March 09, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: EU, France 24, Iran, Sanctions, US, VenezuelaNo CommentsViews:
The End of US Triumphalism and Return of Realpolitik

By Dr. Yusuf Bangura I have been following debates on the economic dimensions of the Ukraine crisis on France 24 since the Russian invasion of that country. France 24 does a good job of brin... Read more

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With a War-Mongering President Gone, is the World Safe from Nuclear Brinkmanship?

Posted By: adminon: January 31, 2021In: World From AfricaTags: ICAN, Iran, North Korea, TPNWNo CommentsViews:
With a War-Mongering President Gone, is the World Safe from Nuclear Brinkmanship?

Since 1945, no other country has used the nuclear weapons. One explanation for this is that the elephantine nature of the destruction is such that no leader wants to be seen as so cold minde... Read more

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Blaming China for Coronavirus Isn’t Just Dangerous, It Misses the Point  

Posted By: adminon: April 11, 2020In: FlashbackTags: Asian backlash, DONALD TRUMP, Huawei, Iran, Oceania, US, Western EuropeNo CommentsViews:
Blaming China for Coronavirus Isn’t Just Dangerous, It Misses the Point   

COVID-19 has a health care dimension of keeping the virus at bay but it also has a geopolitical dimension involving who is framed as the good guy or the bad guy and what such language game c... Read more

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What If COVID-19 Had Emerged Not in Wuhan, China But in Lagos or Dhaka?

Posted By: adminon: February 29, 2020In: FlashbackTags: CHINA, Dhaka, Dr. Li Wenliang, Iran, LAGOS, WHONo CommentsViews:
What If COVID-19 Had Emerged Not in Wuhan, China But in Lagos or Dhaka?

This article, extracted from Prospects, (Feb 28th, 2020) touches on two of the most complicated or delicate issues in global health governance. By its original title – “The Unpalatable... Read more

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