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International Affair Quarterly,Volume 3, Issue 2, August, 2, 2023

Many African countries are poor as a result of low productivity, heavy debt burden, and high popu... more Many African countries are poor as a result of low productivity, heavy debt burden, and high population growth rate. As such, Africa is easily subjected to exploitation by stronger and wealthier economies like China. China has emerged as a large overseas investor, and is currently the second largest net creditor after Japan. China is a resource-poor country relative to its extremely large population, while Africa on the other hand is resource-rich compared to its population. China is investing everywhere, especially in Africa and China h a s supplanted the United States as Africa's most important trading partner. This paper assessed China's engagement in Africa and Africa's development crisis. It posits that China's engagement with Africa is a win-win scenario for both sides. The review and thorough analysis of some articles, literatures, and the application of Joseph Nye's soft power theory helped in assessing Chinese direct investment in Africa, transfer of technical knowledge, and China's loan to Africa particularly through the Chinese Export and Import (EXIM) bank. The major finding is that China's engagement in Africa is not bias and Chinese workers help in providing missing skills in Africa for faster construction of infrastructure for instance. Asides Vietnam, Africa's economies attracts labour-intensive manufacturing from China basically due to low wages and competitive exchange rates. China is working towards shaping the global financial architecture and is been heavily criticized by Western powers. It is recommended that the United States and other Western powers should welcome the Chinese initiative.

Journal of legistlative studies, Volume 3, Issue 2, Augus, 202, 2023

The legislature is the nerve center of all democracies; it forms the bastion of the representativ... more The legislature is the nerve center of all democracies; it forms the bastion of the representative character of the democratic system of government. Without it, democracy will lack the vital organ that will operationalize its tenets and define its tempo. It is regarded as the first estate of the realm because it kick-starts the entire gamut of government practices by laying the enabling constitutional foundation via law-making; it sets the frameworks for policy-making, annual budgeting, administration of justice, securitization of peace, and external relations. It then follows that when the legislature is defective democracy systematically becomes defective, a situation which naturally leads to a negation of good governance, especially in compelling the executive organ to guarantee the welfare and security of all. What this paper seeks to do is a teleological taxonomy and x-ray of Nigeria's democracy against the background of the character of the legislature since the commencement of the fourth republic. Adopting the structuralfunctional theory, secondary data collection, and descriptive-historical analysis method, the study finds out that the legislature in the said Republic has not succeeded in taking its rightful place in our democratic experimentation because of some intravenously debilitating drawbacks like incompetence, proclivity for corruption, susceptibility to executive high-handedness and propensity to delve into project and policy implementation for eccentric reasons. The paper then suggests that the only way the executive can be put on its toes to do the needful is for Nigerians to be mindful of those elected into the legislative chambers.

There has been human rights abuse, political corruption and governmental negligence all over the ... more There has been human rights abuse, political corruption and governmental negligence all over the world, but with exceptional cases in some key areas of Africa, Latin America, Far East, the Middle East and the Caribbean. The problem of the Arab unrest was systematically seasoned by political and economic frustration, which was manifested in the event that led to the demise of Bouazizi and ignited the Tunisian revolution. The paper captures some of the major driving forces of the Arab spring and analyses the nature of human suffering in those areas affected. The paper used an existing library literature to draw its deductive instrument of analysis. The paper discovers that almost all the Arab nations affected by the revolution shared similar political, economic and social problems with the exception of Syria, which is purely a sectarian crisis based on strategic balance or imbalance. The significance of the research is that, it has revealed some of the causes of the Arab spring and pr...

Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 2009

... Prospects. Sheriff Ghali Ibrahim. Abstract ... euro. The very early history of European integ... more ... Prospects. Sheriff Ghali Ibrahim. Abstract ... euro. The very early history of European integration was explicitly about stopping war, said Anand Menon, director of the European Research Institute at Birmingham University in England. Even ...

African Journal of Law, Political Research and Administration, 2021

This paper discusses the concept of the one-China policy and how the United States support of Tai... more This paper discusses the concept of the one-China policy and how the United States support of Taiwan poses a challenge to stability in the region. The paper adopted the library descriptive instrument from historical research to come up with the available data in the paper. Findings show that, since 1949, the struggle between the Nationalist Republic of China and the Communist party escalated into a civil war which resulted in the defeat of Kuomintang and the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which took control of all mainland China. Only the island of Taiwan remained under the control of the ROC. Since then, both the ROC and the PRC have been claiming to represent all of "China", and both officially claim each other's territory. The paper concludes that China cannot forfeit the strait of Taiwan despite American support to the island. The deteriorating relationship between the U.S and China relationship has seen trade wars to accusations on the ...

Journal of Global Economics and Business, 2021

This paper delves into the recent development in African integration and the nexus between such d... more This paper delves into the recent development in African integration and the nexus between such development of the Africa continental free trade area and the belt and road initiative. It analyses structure through which the belt and road initiative may facilitate the effective implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA). Using the library literature findings show that the belt and road initiative is a cutting edge that will provide infrastructure and investment which in turn facilitates specialization of African countries in some specific vital areas based on comparative advantage and allows for wider freedom and chances of African countries to trade among themselves and continue to be relevant in the international markets. The paper concludes that, Africa has had relations in the past and will not make a mistake of repetition of such relations that were colonially oriented and exploitative in nature. Africa and China have discovered a great opportunity of mutual trust and mutual benefits in their cooperation process and are committed to harnessing such benefits. The paper recommends massive industrial takeoff and aggressive technological build-up of African continent to aid in the realization of the objectives of the ACFTA among other things.

African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 2021

The paper examines the nexus between China’s coupling and economic relations with Africa under th... more The paper examines the nexus between China’s coupling and economic relations with Africa under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA). It also analyses the future of ACFTR especially with the technical support African states will be enjoying through their collaboration with China or in the absence of such support, how Africa may utilize the opportunities available and the likely challenges to encounter in the implementation of ACFTA. Using the secondary source of data, findings show that the implementation of ACFTA can lead to substantial higher bilateral trade between China and Africa. The paper concludes that both in the short and long run, China and African countries stand to benefit immensely in the implementation of ACFTA. The paper recommends that African countries should ratify and domesticate ACFTA and should collaborate with China for the purpose of harnessing the opportunities and surmounting the likely challenges that may emanate from the implementation process.

Journal of Advanced Research and Multidisciplinary Studies, 2021

This study assessed FOCAC and the significance of the first Beijing Summit resolutions to Africa.... more This study assessed FOCAC and the significance of the first Beijing Summit resolutions to Africa. The paper adopted developmental research design and qualitative method of data collection by means of secondary data. The study also leveraged on complex interdependence theory as a framework for analysis. The study found out that the Beijing Summit resolution to Africa organized in the year 2000 laid the foundation of mutual cooperation and assistance for the forum on China-Africa cooperation. Assessing the significance of the summit in consonance with the aims and objectives of FOCAC, as highlighted at the summit, it was found out that the summit was significant not only in the areas of debt cancellation and establishment of African human resource development fund and investment, but also in the areas of boosting rapid development of overall cooperation, leading a new type of international cooperation with Africa, promoting democratization of international relations and improving glob...

African Journal of Culture, History, Religion and Traditions, 2021

This study seeks to explain the history of the ancient Silk Road and also explain its strategic i... more This study seeks to explain the history of the ancient Silk Road and also explain its strategic importance as a network of trade routes connecting China and the Far East with the Middle East and Europe. Using the library's documented instrument and historical descriptive methodology, findings show that the Silk Road is historically connected with the Eastern and Western civilizations and culture. Merchants on the Silk Road transported goods and traded at bazaars along the way. They traded goods such as silk, spices, tea, ivory, cotton, wool, precious metals, and ideas. The Silk Road also enabled cultural transfers, for instance when Genghis Khan and the Mongols invaded China, they came along with their own culture, e.g., buttons on clothes were introduced in China as a cultural import from Central Asia especially under the rule of Kublai Khan during the Yuan Dynasty. The paper concludes that the Silk Road rose to prominence during the Han and Tang dynasties. The long-distance tr...

The paper investigates the nature, functions and successes of the international criminal police o... more The paper investigates the nature, functions and successes of the international criminal police organization(INTERPOL) and analyzes how it affects global security. From the secondary methodology, findings showthat, the organization is effective in tackling cross-border crimes and hardened criminals around the world.The paper concludes that, to keep Interpol as politically neutral as possible, its charter forbids it, at least intheory, from undertaking interventions or activities of a political, military, religious, or racial nature orinvolving itself in disputes over such matters. Its work focuses primarily on public safety and battlingterrorism, crimes against humanity, environmental crime, genocide, war crimes, organized crime, piracy,illicit traffic in works of art, illicit drug production, drug trafficking, weapons smuggling, human trafficking,money laundering, child pornography, white-collar crime, computer crime, intellectual property crime andcorruption. The paper recommends ...

The unprecedented emergence of violence and insecurity in Nigeria is a replication of the occurre... more The unprecedented emergence of violence and insecurity in Nigeria is a replication of the occurrences in the Middle East and what is glaringly obtainable in Pakistan, Afghanistan and other places in the world. The paper captures the concept of militancy and how it relates to the government of a state in maintaining security and protection of the civilians and their properties. The paper analyzes some of the fundamental ways through which militancy may emanate a nd how the state can halt or foil the militant activities. It tries to choose among all possible approaches of arresting violence using the best alternative method in the state. The paper is a result of critical - descriptive research which adopts content in strument of analysis for scientific submissions. The paper discovers that militancy is not the creation of the militants per se, but the creation of conglomerated forces that result in the militancy. The paper however, concludes that the Boko Haram uprisin g has not been ...

African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 2021

This paper aims at focusing on the main impact of the China belt and road initiative on world pol... more This paper aims at focusing on the main impact of the China belt and road initiative on world politics and economic development. Given that the BRI is a foreign policy launched by the Chinese government under the leadership of President Xi, and this time on a large scale with a plethora of impacts designed to build a network of mutually benefiting economic activities among the China neighbours across the Eurasian continent and the maritime routes between China and Europe, with plans to extend to Africa. The collaborative efforts of this initiative would expand global trade and increase economic development among the countries within the One Belt, One Road area. The initiative also presents scepticisms, uncertainties and concerns among political elites, offering observers the outlook of the advantage the initiative offers the Chinese at the expense of developing countries. The paper uses the secondary data methodological approach in presenting its reviewed literature. The paper adopt...

Journal of Advanced Research and Multidisciplinary Studies, 2021

The study examined China’s presence in Africa, the warm reception it has received from African st... more The study examined China’s presence in Africa, the warm reception it has received from African states into the continent, the benefits Africa stands to gain from the relationship as well as other emerging issues. In order to arrive at a reliable outcome, the work utilized descriptive research design and obtained data from secondary sources such as textbooks, journals, research articles, magazines, newspaper, the internet, etc. While the analysis of the data was enhanced through the tool of content analysis, the linkage approach, which emphasizes the important connection between the domestic factor and the states actions and decisions at the international scene, was adopted as framework for the study. In all, the findings suggested that there are a lot of benefits accruing to Africa as a result of its relation with China. These were highlighted and discussed under various headings covering investment, training and technology transfer, scholarship, free interest loans, forum on China-...

International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development, 2018

Journal of Economics Theory, 2012

Journal of Advanced Research and Multidisciplinary Studies, 2021

This paper examines the 100 years existence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since its format... more This paper examines the 100 years existence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since its formation in 1921 in the city of Shanghai. The significance of the CCP is also examined because it drives the policies of the Chinese People’s Republic of China. It dominates the economy and controls all the state institutions. The analysis of the development trajectory of the Chinese state in the last 100 years is examined along with its major developmental achievements. The paper examines related literature from library research using descriptive method. The political party and Marxist theories are the theoretical frameworks used in examining the development milestones. The finding shows that China has emerged as the second most dominant economy in the world and is gearing towards overtaking the United States’ economy in all areas. This paper concludes that the developmental achievements of the People’s Republic of China was made possible by the painstaking, diligent and careful central plan...

The paper examines the formation and development of the Central American Integration System (SICA... more The paper examines the formation and development of the Central American Integration System (SICA) and provides some of the strengths and weaknesses of the organization. From the application of secondary methodology, findings show that, the organization has been stable since formation. The paper concludes that, the organization has a lot to learn from other integration systems of the world to strengthen its own within the Central American region. The paper also recommends that, for SICA to achieve its set objectives all hands must be on desk in terms of total commitment by member states. The system should pay adequate attention to the economic aspect of the integration in order to benefit the member nations.

The research work examines the contemporary reform model as enunciated by president XIJINPIN as a... more The research work examines the contemporary reform model as enunciated by president XIJINPIN as a strategic blue print for china's continuous growth and development. The research will focus on each comprehensive as it relates to contemporary china in the economic field, reform initiative, rule of law and the communist party discipline. The researcher adopts the secondary methodology in order to generate data for the research. Findings show that the four comprehensives if properly implemented, will make china emerge as a political, economic and social model in contemporary global politics, for economic prosperity, political and social harmony will be achieved. The research concludes that, success of the four comprehensives will make china reformed and development will come to stay in china's near future. The paper recommends strict implementation of the four comprehensives and consolidating on rule of law and party discipline as the bedrock of the reform or political theory, ...

The paper examines the nature and impact of geopolitics on the global oil and gas business. It sh... more The paper examines the nature and impact of geopolitics on the global oil and gas business. It shows the relationship between politics and what nature provides such as oil and gas and the interplay between and among nations, people and institutions within the framework of geopolitics. The paper adopts the secondary methodology in order to investigate the risks (impact) attached to geopolitics. Findings show that, the concept of geopolitics is so versatile and multidimensional, enveloped by a varying degree of risks. The paper concludes that geopolitics is a reality that all oil companies must face, bust most risks are faced in mostly politically and economically instable regions of the world. The paper recommends that, to deal with issues of risks in geopolitics, there has to be constant preparation for emergencies, slowing the growth of demand and increasing supplies among others.

With the disintegration of the Soviet Union and subsequent reemergence of Russia in global econom... more With the disintegration of the Soviet Union and subsequent reemergence of Russia in global economy as having the membership of the BRICS, Shanghai Cooperation Organization and other relevant strategic multilateral organizations in the world, is reviving the ideological confrontation that took place between Russia and the United States immediately after the Second World War. The paper is a theoretical approach to explaining the neo-cold war era, as the conflict between the two former blocs is rejuvenating. It also analyses the American alliance with the closest Russian neighbors and the threat to that move as well as Russian odyssey to south East Asia for rebuilding old diplomatic relations. From the library and practical research conducted, findings show that, the two sides are enveloped in what can be described as neo-cold war confrontation and a political gamble that may result in to the third world war. The paper concludes that, this political tension is inevitable as Russia will...

International Affair Quarterly,Volume 3, Issue 2, August, 2, 2023

Journal of legistlative studies, Volume 3, Issue 2, Augus, 202, 2023

Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 2009

African Journal of Law, Political Research and Administration, 2021

Journal of Global Economics and Business, 2021

African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 2021

Journal of Advanced Research and Multidisciplinary Studies, 2021

African Journal of Culture, History, Religion and Traditions, 2021

African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 2021

Journal of Advanced Research and Multidisciplinary Studies, 2021

International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development, 2018

Journal of Economics Theory, 2012