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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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Has Zelensky Lost the West?

Posted By: adminon: August 01, 2025In: De-EscalationTags: Europe, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, west, ZelenskyNo CommentsViews:
Has Zelensky Lost the West?

Unherd columnist, Thomas Fazi thinks so in this piece which has a sort of a rider: He is becoming a liability. Reflect on the piece! As uneventful diplomatic talks in Istanbul wrapped up wit... Read more

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NPSA Offers A Package of Actions on Reasserting Nigeria in the World

Posted By: adminon: May 06, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: Democracy in Nigeria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NPSA, People's Republic of China, US, west, West Africa1 CommentViews:
NPSA Offers A Package of Actions on Reasserting Nigeria in the World

Deeply disturbed by its own unpacking of how Nigeria looks on the global stage today, the Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) is putting on the table a set of ideas by which Nigeri... Read more

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Islam and Muslim Quest for Humane Civilization 

Posted By: adminon: July 01, 2024In: Words and WorldTags: African Muslim, Christianity, Imperialism, Islamic civilizational schemata, Orientalism, Postmodern Islam, SOAS, United States, westNo CommentsViews:
Islam and Muslim Quest for Humane Civilization 

A revised version of an article written some years back, this piece by Abubakar Aliyu Liman, Professor of Comparative Literature and Popular Culture at the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nig... Read more

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Indian Foreign Affairs Minister to Speak @ NIIA

Posted By: adminon: January 13, 2024In: GovernanceTags: CHINA, Global agenda, Global South, India, NIIA, westNo CommentsViews:
Indian Foreign Affairs Minister to Speak @ NIIA

The global agenda is in a flux. The much talked about ‘liberal international order’ is unravelling. The world is experiencing what most scholars of world politics would call hegemonic succes... Read more

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What Threatens Democracy and Trigger Coups in Africa?

Posted By: adminon: August 07, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: Coup de’tat, DEMOCRACY, Elite, Military, Post-colonial, westNo CommentsViews:
What Threatens Democracy and Trigger Coups in Africa?

Coup and coup-making is back on the agenda in Africa. Scholars of coups must track the phenomena as Lagos State University’s Prof Sylvester Odion Akhaine, a Professor of Political Science, h... Read more

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Viewing Horror in Ukraine From US/NATO/Western Strategy of Deception

Posted By: adminon: April 12, 2022In: Words and WorldTags: Georgia, NATO, Perestroika and glasnost, US, westNo CommentsViews:
Viewing Horror in Ukraine From US/NATO/Western Strategy of Deception

By Alleh Okpeh Alleh, (PhD) No war can be celebrated or justified because human lives and valuables are almost always involved. The on-going war in Ukraine must, however, be situated, fundam... Read more

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China as Great Power Unfolds Further, Plays Up Clean Records Card in Colonialism @ Party’s Centenary

Posted By: adminon: July 01, 2021In: World From AfricaTags: 'Century of humiliation', Africa, Communist Party of China, Marxism, US, west, ‘Socialism with Chinese characteristics’No CommentsViews:
China as Great Power Unfolds Further, Plays Up Clean Records Card in Colonialism @ Party’s Centenary

The centenary of the Chinese Communist Party is providing China a strategic opportunity for the rhetorical offensive, this time playing up its clean record as far as colonising others is con... Read more

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Imagining Yusuf Bangura in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: March 23, 2021In: SpectacleTags: Gani Fawehinmi, Geneva, Imagination, Technology fix, westNo CommentsViews:
Imagining Yusuf Bangura in Nigeria

This may be regarded as another classic case of where the personal becomes the social. That Geneva based Sierra Leonean political economist, Dr. Yusuf Bangura, fell sick last Thursday (March... Read more

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From an Open Internet, Back to the Dark Ages

Posted By: adminon: December 02, 2017In: FlashbackTags: Amazon, CHINA, Fake news, FCC, Google, Iraq, ISPs, UN, west, WMDNo CommentsViews:
From an Open Internet, Back to the Dark Ages

By Jonathan Cook Mr Cook, the author of this piece reproduced from the US based magazine, CounterPunch (November 24th, 2017) has been elaborately introduced below – Editor. Can anyone... Read more

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A Tribute to Prof Sam Egite Oyovbaire, an Honoree of the NSIA, at 85th Birthday
A Tribute to Prof Sam Egite Oyovbaire, an Honoree of the NSIA, at 85th Birthday

A Tribute to Prof Sam Egite Oyovbaire, an Honoree of the NSIA, at 85th Birthday

August 03, 2026
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Partners University of Abuja Grounding the Youth for Nigeria's 2027 General Elections
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Partners University of Abuja Grounding the Youth for Nigeria's 2027 General Elections

Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Partners University of Abuja Grounding the Youth for Nigeria’s 2027 General Elections

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Nigerian Left Commences Writing the Struggle 
Nigerian Left Commences Writing the Struggle 

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Strategically Reading Beijing's Mindset in China's Blue Book Series

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Senator Jonah David Jang, an Extraordinary Statesman, is 80
Senator Jonah David Jang, an Extraordinary Statesman, is 80

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