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Winners and Losers of Trump’s China Trip

Posted By: adminon: May 16, 2026In: De-EscalationTags: CEOs, China-US relations, Taiwan, Trump, Xi JinpingNo CommentsViews:
Winners and Losers of Trump's China Trip

US president, Donald Trump has gone to Beijing and back. One newspaper in Asia has called much of the trip banal. Another one, this time in the UK, says Xi Jinping is the winner on all count... Read more

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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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Securing Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: February 10, 2026In: World From AfricaTags: Civilian JTF, OPC, PAIGC, Trump, ZapatistasNo CommentsViews:
Securing Nigeria

In the piece below, reproduced from Africa-Is-A-Country, the author and Abuja based Socialist activist, Omole Ibukun, draws on popular security alternatives within and outside Africa to put... Read more

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Whole Idea of Development Studies Under Question – Prof Anuradha Joshi, New IDS chief

Posted By: adminon: January 31, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: Research, Trump, UK, University of Sussex, USAIDNo CommentsViews:
Whole Idea of Development Studies Under Question – Prof Anuradha Joshi, New IDS chief

The Institute of Development Studies attached to the University of Sussex in the UK is not just another research centre. It is the leader, with a significance for Africa. In fact, gist merch... Read more

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Reading Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, From Subaltern Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: January 26, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: Canada, Hegemony, Medium powers, NIGERIA, Power, Radical contingency, Rules-based international order, Trump, Truth, USANo CommentsViews:
Reading Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, From Subaltern Nigeria

By Adagbo Onoja Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, managed to get the world stirring with his speech to the 2026 Davos audience. It is no mean achievement for a medium power to seemingly... Read more

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Celebrating Mamdani’s New York City Mayor Big Win

Posted By: adminon: November 05, 2025In: SpectacleTags: 'Clash of Civilisations', New York City, Right wing nationalism, Trump, Zohran MamdaniNo CommentsViews:
Celebrating Mamdani’s New York City Mayor Big Win

Intervention is too busy on all fronts to resume publications at the moment but it is sparing just a few minutes to celebrate the victory of Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of New York. His victory... Read more

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Has Trump Also Buried Structure/Agency Debate, Finally?

Posted By: adminon: February 09, 2025In: FlashbackTags: Barack Obama, Declinism, Discourse theory, Neorealism, Republic of China, Russia, Structure-agency debate, Trump, USNo CommentsViews:
Has Trump Also Buried Structure/Agency Debate, Finally?

Donald Trump is disrupting the world we knew in many ways and almost in all spheres. How far he will go and whether there will be any successful bandwagoning against him (not necessarily aga... Read more

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Liberalism won’t survive 2025

Posted By: adminon: January 08, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: 21st century, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Stammer, Liberalism, Trump, UKUSNo CommentsViews:
Liberalism won’t survive 2025

… Cold War ideologies are dead By Aris Roussinos It is an odd feature of America’s political system that the drawn-out handover of power from one ruler to his successor takes place ove... Read more

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World War in 2025?

Posted By: adminon: August 23, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: Cold War, Europe, Kamala Harris, NATO, Republic of China, Taiwan, The Commission on U.S. National Defense Strategy, Trump, Vladimir Putin1 CommentViews:
World War in 2025?

A world of nuclear armed states automatically imply a world at permanent risk of a global confrontation. No sane person may press the nuclear button carelessly because of the elephantine sca... Read more

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BUK’s Mambayya House Launches Book on Late Prof Haruna Wakili

Posted By: adminon: January 06, 2023In: People in ActionTags: Alhaji Sule Lamido, BUK, Mallam Aminu Kano, Mambayya House, NEPU, Populism, PRP, Sa'aad Zungur, TrumpNo CommentsViews:
BUK’s Mambayya House Launches Book on Late Prof Haruna Wakili

The academic/research, administration and political circles around the Kano-Jigawa axis in Nigeria will gather January 8th, 2023, to launch a book in honour of the late Prof Haruna Wakili. T... Read more

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Awaiting NIIA's Roundtable on Xenophobia in South Africa
Awaiting NIIA's Roundtable on Xenophobia in South Africa

Awaiting NIIA’s Roundtable on Xenophobia in South Africa

August 12, 2026
Bingham University’s Conversation on Apology and Restorative Justice for Victims of Violent Extremism in Africa
Bingham University’s Conversation on Apology and Restorative Justice for Victims of Violent Extremism in Africa

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The Dangers of Externalising Domestic Issues
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Hailing Chief John Agbaji Attah Ochoga, Life Bencher, at 73
Hailing Chief John Agbaji Attah Ochoga, Life Bencher, at 73

Hailing Chief John Agbaji Attah Ochoga, Life Bencher, at 73

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A Tribute to Prof Paul Izah at 76 

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