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International law operates on the principles of equality, respect for the territorial integrity and political independence of states, non-intervention in the internal affairs of other states, restraint in the use …

The world is divided amongst states with different worldviews, which are irreconcilable. China has increased its military budget. Japan has freed itself from the impositions put on its constitution after …

There were scholars and policy bureaucrats who, for decades, benefited from anti-communist hysteria and in the process, hindered the positive development of Sino-American relations…

The Rubicon between democracy and dictatorship is crossed unwittingly, silently and without proclamation…

Things have changed dramatically since Hezbollah, Iran, Iraq and Russia are backing the Syrian Government. The prospects of the success of the Geneva Diplomatic Conference on Syria are remote for …

Long after Tutu showed the world how the church can help people against tyranny and bad governance, Nigerians had to deal with brutal military regimes and corruption, and we are …

With Soddom and Gomorah historically in mind, this ‘homo’ nonsense must not break our resolve and will to live in a decent world inhabited by decent human beings capable of …

In these End-times, when the anti-christs have unleashed terror on humanity, we pray that the Almighty God hides us from the secret counsel of the wicked, from the insurrection of …

Awoyokun asserts that if it were not for the ‘Igbo’ coup of January 15 the massacres of the Igbo in Northern Nigeria six months later would not have occurred. This …

At the onset of the presidential debates between the Republicans and Democrats, I found most Nigerians still making the same mistakes we made in 2008, when the enigma that was …

I had written on the Second Coming of Benjamin Netanyahu years ago, after he took power in Israel. Months later, I met Mr. Roy Sapoznich, who is an Israel political …

My unquenchable interest in how and why Nigeria stopped turning between 1966 and 1970 was ignited when I saw information about classified U.S. files on the Nigerian civil war in …

Scholars who have been engaged in studying the United Nations efforts at arms control will tell you that the newly signed Treaty on Arms Control will end up in the …

While we congratulate Uhuru Kenyatta for his marginal presidential election victory in his country we must remind him, in the spirit of pan-Africanism, that it is not yet Uhuru!

Hugo Chavez understood the psychology of the rich Venezuelans. The bible says that the poor you will have with you always. Chavez decided that it would be good to reduce …

Last Tuesday the whole world was informed of the transition of Comrade Hugo Chavez, the ailing President of Venezuela who passed away in a military hospital in Caracas two weeks …