In a tragic historical twist, Israel and Iran have gone from millennia of fraternity to a fratricidal war. Part 1 of this essay explored their current conflict; Part 2 traces the origins of the rupture.
This two-part essay traces how Israel and Iran, once bound by a shared past, became bitter foes. Part One examines the current stand-off; and Part Two will unearth the deeper roots of their rupture.
In Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe depicted Okonkwo and Obierika as contrasting Igbo responses to colonial intrusion. Their symbolic tension persists in Igbo attitudes toward Nigeria today, and must be reconciled for effective political strategy.
Nigeria’s persistent dysfunction as a federal formation reflects unresolved tensions in the founding visions of its original statesmen. A reckoning is long overdue.
By Chudi Okoye
“Out of many, one,” poets...
Popes of African or melanated origin previously emerged at moments of superpower decline. The canny papal conclave that elected Leo XIV may have followed historical precedent.By Chudi Okoye
Holy Smoke! We have a Pope...
Donald Trump’s second presidency has fractured American democracy in just its first 100 days. Decay is not inevitable, as history shows; but democratic renewal will require bold and decisive action.
By Chudi Okoye
Admiration for Donald Trump runs deep in parts of Africa, despite his racist record. But will this survive the turmoil of the U.S. president’s current tariff wars? A 90-day moratorium, forced by global fury, offers little reprieve...
This two-part essay explores the potential course of President Donald Trump’s second term. Based on Trump’s antecedents and moves he has made two months into his current tenure, the essay anticipates an increasingly illiberal, Bonapartist shift that...
Two months into his second term, President Donald Trump has unleashed a frenetic wave of policies, rapidly remaking America in his image. This essay argues that he seeks a fundamental, illiberal shift towards personalized power, echoing Bonapartist...
The final installment in a trilogy on existence, God, and religion, this essay examines the prospects for reviving African spirituality—long overshadowed on the continent by Christianity and Islam—through the embrace of quantum entanglement.
By Chudi Okoye
It is a truly exquisite...
Pat Utomi’s recently announced ‘Shadow Cabinet’ has stirred controversy, but it reveals the dire need for institutionalized opposition to shore up Nigerian...
In Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe depicted Okonkwo and Obierika as contrasting Igbo responses to colonial intrusion. Their symbolic tension persists in...
Biafra Day passions should infuse the Igbo political playbook, but purged of secessionist praxis. Strategic pragmatism is required as the 2027 presidential...