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BEST DEFENCE POLICY PAPERS ON AFRICA IN THE LAST DECADE
Between 2016 and 2026, defence policy thinking on Africa shifted in response to changing global and regional realities. Intensifying great-power competition, the spread...
RETHINKING HUMAN SECURITY IN AFRICA’S CHANGING DIPLOMATIC LANDSCAPE
Africa’s diplomatic and security thinking is undergoing a quiet but significant shift. By December 2025, escalating conflicts, climate stress, and global geopolitical competition...
Why General C.G. Musa Is the Right Defence Minister for Nigeria—Right Now
President Bola Tinubu’s nomination of General Christopher Gwabin Musa (rtd.) as Minister of Defence comes at a moment when the nation urgently requires...
THE ROLE OF TRADITIONAL RULERS IN SECURITY DIPLOMACY
Africa treasures its traditional institutions Traditional rulers, kings, emirs, chiefs, and paramount leaders. They continue to wield an authority that elected officials often...
ECOWAS MILITARY INTERVENTION IN NIGER: A TURNING POINT?
The coup d’état in Niger on July 26, 2023, marked a seismic rupture in West Africa’s fragile stability. The Presidential Guard’s detention of...
ECOWAS MILITARY INTERVENTION IN NIGER: A TURNING POINT?
The coup d’état in Niger on July 26, 2023, marked a seismic rupture in West Africa’s fragile stability. The Presidential Guard’s detention of...
