Olumuyiwa Jimoh
At this time in our history and the trajectory which various forces are pulling and shaping our nation; lucidity and clarity of thoughts are required to be brought on the factors that we believe are necessary to turn the fortunes of this nation around. Making sense of the complex occurrences and events concurrently pervading our land has become very crucial for the survival and progress of our nation.
It is also important that within the context of the massive, extended and deepening cleavages creating newer challenges and exacerbating the various divides within the nation that the need to search for urgent but workable solutions to exit our nation from tohe developmental morass which it has found itself. Time to reasonably and objectively confront these hydra-headed challenges confronting our nation is now and it can only be done by men and women who would not allow the emotive forces of primordiality distort their understanding of the issues and the proffered solu
to asia? remember the basic argument behind the pivot was that the united states was overinvested in the middle east a crisis-prone region of dwindling importance to the american national interest. asia, on the other hand is the world s future of the world s four largest economies three are in asia if measured by purchasing power parity. as lee kwan yu often told me america will remain the dominant power in the 21st century only if it is the dominant pacific power. and yet the united states is once more up to its neck in the middle eastern morass. president obama and john kerry spent little time in asia. few new initiatives have been announced. the transpacific partnership, a trade deal that was at the heart of the pivot, faces a tough road in congress despite the fast track agreement reached this week. the opposition comes mostly from the president s own party.