The recent debate inside the European Parliament over past and ongoing atrocities in Sudan exposes a profound moral contradiction at…
International Relations
Haunted Histories: American Interventionist Politics and the Sokoto Caliphate Imaginary
January 8, 2026
One of the underlying forces shaping the United States’ interventionist discourses in Nigeria today is not intelligence, strategy, or local…
Aborted Democratic Peacebuilding in Sudan: A Tale of Western Apathy, Regional Encroachments, and Domestic Disillusionment
April 3, 2025
The views expressed here emanated from a panel discussion on “Trendlines and Transformations in African Democratic Governance: Lessons for US-Africa…
Is US-Africa Relations at the Crossroads: What does it mean for Africa?
April 3, 2025
The views expressed here emanated from a panel discussion on “Trendlines and Transformations in African Democratic Governance: Lessons for US-Africa…
Taiwan’s Diplomatic Push in Somaliland: A Pathway for Peacebuilding, Security, and Development?
October 23, 2024
On September 27, 2024, I conducted an interview with Ambassador Allen Lou, Taiwan’s representative to Somaliland, in Hargeisa. Accompanied by…
Strategic Diplomacy Beyond Recognition: Taiwan and Somaliland’s People-Centered Relations in the Global Arena
June 27, 2024
Introduction The 1961 Vienna Convention1 establishes a comprehensive framework for initiating, concluding, and sustaining diplomatic relations based on mutual consent…
