Muhammadu Buhari

November 3, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

Dispatches from troubled lands

They deserve attention – BHL’s self-promotion notwithstanding

December 26, 2019 | Clifford D. May

The war against Christians

It hit a peak in the last century but it's ongoing in the Middle East, Africa and Asia

September 16, 2010 | World Defense Review

Nigeria at the Crossroads, Again

Focused on the final stretch of the midterm elections at home, policymakers and pundits in the United States have hardly evinced any interest in concerning themselves with electoral politics abro...

March 6, 2008 |

Why AFRICOM is Critical for Our Security Interests


This week I thought it useful to update readers on developments with some of the stories that have been previously reported in this column.

June 13, 2007 | Dr. J. Peter Pham World Defense Review

Nigeria: Flailing State

On the final day of their summit last week at the German Baltic seaside resort of Heiligendamm, as they are nowadays wont to do, the leaders of the G8 received a select delegation of their Africa...

May 2, 2007 | Dr. J. Peter Pham World Defense Review

Nigeria Teeters Back from the Brink — For Now

Two weeks ago in this column space I observed that free, fair, and credible elections in Nigeria "would lead to the inauguration of a legitimate political order;[which] would not only consolidate...

April 23, 2007 |

Nigeria: Crisis of Legitimacy

Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Monday that Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, the candidate of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP), the winner in last...

April 18, 2007 | Dr. J. Peter Pham World Defense Review

Decision Time in Nigeria

Over the course of the last year, this column has regularly chronicled developments in Nigeria; including Islamist activism in the north, evidence of growing connections to international terroris...

March 1, 2007 |

The Battle for Nigeria

WITH AROUND 36 billion barrels of proven petroleum reserves-the largest in Africa and the eighth largest in the world-Nigeria is America's fifth-largest supplier of oil. In 2006, the United...

January 31, 2007 | Dr. J. Peter Pham World Defense Review

The Return of the “Nigerian Taliban”

While the attention of most Africa security analysts and policymakers has been focused recently on the campaign to root out the militant Islamists of Somalia's Islamic Courts Union, evidence...

December 22, 2006 |

Nigeria’s Electoral Intrigue

It barely registers on inside-the-Beltway policy discussions, but few countries are as vital to the strategic interests of the United States as Nigeria. With some 35.9 billion barrels of proven p...