Opinion – Nigeria’s Readiness to Fight Corruption and End Poverty
Nigeria’s anti-graft institutions must be stronger and autonomous in order to effectively prosecute corruption and help alleviate a raft of insecurity crises.
Review – Ordering Violence
Paul Staniland analyses the factors influencing government responses to armed groups, but sometimes fails to consider the complexity of motivations behind such responses.
Why Time Matters When Proscribing Terrorist Groups
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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
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.
