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“In an upcoming foreign policy piece, Dr Robert Rotberg and I will argue that Nigeria is a failed state.” That is a 6 May, 2021 tweet from John Campbell, a former United States Ambassador to Nigeria. It should worry all who know that this came from Campbell, author of ‘Nigeria: Dancing on the Brink’ published in 2010. In that book, Campbell argued that “a complete collapse” of Nigeria could be forestalled – and he made suggestions. The same Campbell has now come up with a definite position of failure of Nigeria as we know it. On the same May 6, 2021, the ex-envoy made a blog post in which he wrote about “something of a consensus” forming “among Nigerian elites…that the country is in deep trouble and that radical options must be considered.” He was not definite or sure about what the ‘radical options’ are – probably because there are no ‘good’ options.
Nigeria’s Shrinking Civic Space, By Jibrin Ibrahim
The Nigerian state is undergoing a three-dimensional crisis.
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…there is an on-going rapid slide into anarchy, precipitated by the most serious collapse in security provisioning in our country, which is confronted by an almost complete lack of leadership or governance response to a multipronged crisis.
Yesterday, I participated in a workshop organised by General Saleh Bala (rtd.) on national security and Nigeria’s shrinking civil space. During the session, we noted that the loudest voices in the country today are those of discord and disintegration. Indeed, over the past few days, Nigerians have received several warnings from the Presidency, the military and security agencies not to break up the country. This is in reaction, I think, to loud cries from many Nigerians that they have had enough of being married partners to the other in the country and they want a divorce. I was alarmed when three days ago, the Nig
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The U.S.’ trade partnerships in Asia and Africa could be reconsidered.
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Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. speaks at a Hatch Center symposium on global peace and stability at The Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. Huntsman, the former ambassador to China, participated in a World Trade Center Utah event titled “The China Paradox” last month.
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Utah’s economic and political leaders recently charted a geopolitical strategy consistent with core American value. It includes an open society, trust-based agreements and free markets, but is also independent in vision, a fact that underscores the state’s robust growth even during the global recession and more recently a global pandemic.