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This article explores the geopolitics of the Arctic, focusing on the dynamics among the United States, China, and Russia. As climate change transforms the region, opening up new opportunities for resource extraction and maritime navigation, these major powers are competing for strategic advantage and influence. The United States approaches the Arctic from a national security…Read More
Economic diplomacy includes building international coalitions to help countries recover from financial crises. Chinese economic diplomacy employs diverse sectors such as trade, investment, finance, energy, transport, and communications, and Belt and Road Initiative is the vehicle by which the “China Dream” of growth, power, and prestige seems to connect with other countries. The BRI has also…Read More
Introduction Food security is a basic human need and fighting hunger is one of the greatest challenges of this century. By 2022, two billion people are living in moderate or severe food insecurity, because they do not have regular access to food, not a necessary variety of nutritional value, or there is not enough food…Read More
                       Abstract It finally took the Russian invasion of Ukraine for the world to realize that the United Nations Security Council is a lame-duck institution. This article focuses on the need to reform…Read More
Abstract China’s initiative, known as the Belt and Road Initiative, started in 2013 and aims to connect Asian, European, and African countries. The main issue faced by these states is their lack of proper infrastructure. China has been helping out many of these states by providing them with loans that seem lucrative, but when these…Read More
Abstract Agriculture in Africa has a massive social and economic footprint. More than 60% of the sub-Saharan African population depended on agriculture as their source of income and about 23% of the continent’s GDP is reportedly from agriculture. Yet, Africa’s full agricultural potential remains untapped; at least one in five Africans goes to bed hungry…Read More
Change in the international system and global order is inherent; thus, it is no wonder that since the advent of the cold war, a gradual shift can be witnessed in the face of intensifying globalization, with global governance at the heart of this transition. Based on the notions of cosmopolitism, utilitarianism, and egalitarianism, the phenomenon…Read More
Abstract Foreign policy is a very essential aspect of life and existence of every sovereign nation and since Nigeria became independent in 1960. Its foreign policy like that of most other countries has witnessed’ successes and failures. The global outbreak of the coronavirus was a major test to Nigeria’s foreign policymakers. This article aims to…Read More
INTRODUCTION The current international system is structured along the lines of globalization and the neo-liberal philosophy of free trade while being dominated not by a single state but by global institutions, particularly international financial institutions and other multinational organizations. Ultimately, the Bank and the Fund dramatically shape the daily existence of states within the international…Read More
Abstract: The Guatemala civil war was one of the longest civil wars – a thirty-six years-long conflict. One of the most brutal wars that spurred bloodshed and social turbulence. The main cause of the war was the “terror” and “bogey “of communism. War was fought between the Guatemala administration and leftist rebel groups. The population…Read More