Joe Biden’s team vows sanctions over cyberattacks
Joe Biden will hit back at Russia with more than “just sanctions,” for its suspected role in recent cyberattacks, his chief of staff said. A bipartisan group of lawmakers has called for a “strong...
Monthly Archive: December 2020
The Arab Spring Ten Years Later – by SHLOMO BEN-AMI
From the return of Russia to the normalization of relations between Israel and a growing number of Arab states, the decade since the Arab Spring continues to redraw the Middle East’s geopolitical map. The...
The Case for a Quadripolar World – by DARON ACEMOGLU
According to the conventional wisdom, the twenty-first century will be characterized by the global shift from American hegemony to Sino-American rivalry. But a bipolar international order is neither inevitable nor desirable, and we should...
Biden Says ‘Time to Turn the Page’ After Electoral College Win
President-elect Joe Biden sought to dispel any questions about the legitimacy of his victory and called on the American people to accept the outcome hours after the Electoral College sealed his win. Seeking to...
On AGF Malami and the House summon of President Buhari – By Frank Ofili
Let us not go into history, one of which was the refusal of PDP’s oil empress, and minister of petroleum resources under President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, Diezani Allison-Madueke, to honour the invitation of the...
Facebook Faces US Lawsuits That Could Force Sale of Instagram, WhatsApp
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and nearly every U.S. state sued Facebook Inc. Wednesday, saying it broke antitrust law and should potentially be broken up. With the filing of the twin lawsuits, Facebook becomes...
Shut up, Trump – by Frank Ofili
Trump’s America, itself intolerant of popular will and racial differences, is accusing Nigeria, a country with Muslim president and Christian vice president, of religious intolerance. Wetin Musa no go see for gate? And just...
Imperatives of Managing Public Communication in a Polarized Democracy – By Emeka Oparah
In the aftermath of the recent #EndSARS protests and the resultant riots, there have been interesting conversations around the way the government and the police managed the communication element from their end. This is...
