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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:

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

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:

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

EU Dares Trump, Rules Out Renegotiation of the Iran Nuclear Deal

Posted By: adminon: November 07, 2017In: FlashbackTags: EU, IAEA, Iran, North Korea, United Nations Security CouncilNo CommentsViews:

President Donald Trump of the United States has suffered a major foreign policy blow with the EU Foreign and Security Policy Chief, Federica Mogherini, declaring re-negotiation of the... Read more

US-Russia Relations Not Quite Yet a Cold War - Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister Part 2

Question: Perhaps we can pivot to international affairs. In the United States there’s been discussion of a new Cold War; you, for your part, recently talked about a post-West international o... Read more

Trump Feared to Provoke Further Recession in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: November 20, 2016In: GovernanceTags: Asian, CHINA, DONALD TRUMP, Iran, Muhammadu Buhari, NIGERIA, Obama, Saudi Arabia, USNo CommentsViews:

Contrary to presumptions that Donald Trump will not change US-Nigeria relation, analysts of global oil dynamics fear that the exact opposite could be the case. The fear is that beyond susta... Read more

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:

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

Mathew Hassan Kukah: The Catholic Bishop of “Dissidence” Part 2

Posted By: adminon: September 19, 2016In: GovernanceTags: Abacha, Al Mustapha, Bola Ige, catholic, Charles Soludo, Christian, Dr Alex Ekwueme, El Rufai, Ezekwesili, General Babangida, Iran, Jonathan, Libya, Mathew Hassan Kukah, Muslim, NEPA, Niger Delta, OBASANJO, Oputa Panel, PDP, Ribadu, Saudi Arabia, USIP, YaraduaNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja President Jonathan is a member of the Ijaw community, the fourth biggest in Nigeria, and from a state that produces about 40% of Nigeria’s revenues. After 50 years of being e... Read more

General Aliyu Gusau Opens Up on Boko Haram

Posted By: adminon: August 30, 2016In: FlashbackTags: Australia, BOKO HARAM, CHINA, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau, GWOT, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Pakistan, Red Sea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Somaliland, South Sudan, Sudan, the EU, Turkey, United States, West Africa, YemenNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo ONOJA General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau, two time National Security Adviser as well as a former Minister of Defence of Nigeria has thrown into question the Islamicist claims of Boko Har... Read more