Nigeria

Why Time Matters When Proscribing Terrorist Groups

Kodili Henry Chukwuma • Feb 17 2024 • Articles

Flaws are present in Nigeria’s counterterrorism approach, especially regarding the timings of different actions or inactions by the government.

Opinion – Nigeria’s Stagnation on Anti-Corruption Links with Growing Insecurity

Uche Igwe • Feb 18 2023 • Articles

With Nigeria’s Presidential elections imminent, there is a debate over whether outrage over growing public sector corruption will factor significantly in the results.

Adding Fuel to the Fire? American Security Cooperation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Barbara Salera • May 19 2022 • Articles

There is inherent danger in building partner capacity without first ensuring that there is a strong foundation of military professionalism.

Review – Power Politics in Africa

Adeleke Olumide Ogunnoiki • Oct 26 2021 • Features

By considering the hegemonic rivalry of Nigeria and South Africa, including their hard and soft power capabilities, this edited volume provides a much needed contribution to African perspectives on IR.

Opinion — Nigeria-China Relations: Sovereignty and Debt-Trap Diplomacy

Samuel Akpobome Orovwuje • Aug 24 2020 • Articles

The existential relations between Nigeria and China have been driven largely by an infrastructure-led investment strategy rooted in Nigeria’s development agenda.

Iterability and Newsweek’s Paradigm of Nigeria as ‘Black China’

Adagbo Onoja • Jul 20 2020 • Articles

A storyline proclaiming social transformation on the scale of contemporary China projects a positive trajectory for Nigeria, yet this idea is worth a closer reading.

Africa’s COVID-19 Exceptionalism? Same Problems, Different Locations

Robert L. Ostergard, Jr. • Jun 26 2020 • Articles

The virus is hitting African states head-on, but disproportionately, providing lessons for other states about pandemic response – both positive and negative.

Nigeria’s Soft Power in the Face of COVID-19

Fidel Abowei • Jun 22 2020 • Articles

Despite the fragility of its institutions, Nigeria stands to make the best of a bad situation by projecting an image of a country addressing its deficits.

Lake Chad: A Climate of Fragility

Any future interventions in and around Lake Chad will have to be mindful of its particular climate-fragility and these trends that are likely to shape its future.

African Diplomacy and the Development of Self-Awareness

Stephen Chan • Nov 8 2017 • Articles

African diplomacy has not only come of age, but brings something new of benefit to the continent and possibly to the wider world.

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