Donald Trump's impending return to the U.S. presidency promises potentially profound conservative reversals in domestic and foreign policy. However, the inexorable logic of history suggests a progressive trajectory in the long run.
By Chudi Okoye
In March 1933, after a...
Kemi Badenoch’s rapid rise in British politics is impressive and a thing of pride for her ancestral country. But her pugilistic political personae, beloved by her party’s hard right, may limit her national appeal and likely circumscribe her political...
There are ominous portents for American democracy, with potential global ripples, in US media owners’ veto of their newspapers’ presidential endorsements, for fear of political repercussions.
By Chudi Okoye
He is a billionaire two hundred times over, exalted even among the...
The activists who planned the recent #EndBadGovernance protest in Nigeria could not have expected its political fallouts, including the potential to trigger realignments in the 2027 presidential election.
By Chudi Okoye
Even before the recent #EndBadGovernance protest in Nigeria had commenced,...
History beckons in Nigeria, if Kamala Harris can smash the power ceiling in the US.
By Chudi Okoye
They are both trying to break a glass ceiling in their respective countries: she, a gender barrier; he, an ethnic one. They...
The ongoing hardship protest in Nigeria may be squelched by strident rebuke and heavy-handed coercion, but there’s a deeper dynamic in it that bodes ill for the country.
By Chudi Okoye
After weeks of it being whispered and days of its...
Donald Trump and wingnuts in his Republican Party are lobbing racist and misogynistic attacks at the Democratic Party’s new presumptive nominee, Kamala Harris. Will it prove a winning tactic for them?
By Chudi Okoye
With recent events in...
At 81, President Joe Biden, who is just over 2x the median age of Americans, was forced to abandon his re-election bid on account of dotage. At over 72 years of official age, Bola Tinubu is 4x the median...
What St. Paul had been to Jesus, JD Vance could be to Donald Trump: a linchpin to transform Trumpism into a governing ideology transcending even Trump’s presidency.
By Chudi Okoye
He went from childhood poverty and abuse, having a thrice-married mother...
The blight of political violence, seen again in the alleged attempt on former president Donald Trump’s life, is a peculiar stain on America, which is arguably the world’s oldest constitutional democracy.
By Chudi Okoye
The crowd was screaming “USA! USA! USA!,”...
Donald Trump's impending return to the U.S. presidency promises potentially profound conservative reversals in domestic and foreign policy. However, the inexorable logic of history...
Kemi Badenoch’s rapid rise in British politics is impressive and a thing of pride for her ancestral country. But her pugilistic political personae, beloved...
There are ominous portents for American democracy, with potential global ripples, in US media owners’ veto of their newspapers’ presidential endorsements, for fear of...
The quest for 'Greater Israel' continues, from ancient Canaanite battles to modern Israeli-Palestinian conflicts, rooted in biblical and historical claims.
By Chudi Okoye
In a...