FALODE JAMES ADEWUNMI

History and International Relations

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Topic: Asymmetric Warfare Terrorism Studies

Description: My research interest is in that branch of War studies known as Asymmetric warfare. The particular one that I have focused on is Terrorism studies. This encompasses such sub-topics like counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, hybrid warfare, insurgency and guerilla warfare. Terrorism has come to define the nature of conflicts in the international political system in the 21st century. This means in essence that a sound understanding of its theory, concepts and typology are invaluable to the survival of states in the 21st century. This is why my research interest is significant. My background as a historian gives me the unique to view the study of Terrorism from the spatio-temporal perspective.I have written and published important works on terrorism in reputable international peer-reviewed journals. Three of my works, The Nature of Nigerias Boko Haram War, 2010-2015: A Strategic Analysis, Terrorism 4.0: A Global and Structural Analysis, and Hybrid Doctrine: The Grand Strategy for Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism Operations in Nigeria, have broken some new theoretical and practical grounds in the field of both Terrorism and Strategic Studies

#	Certificate	School	Year
1.	Ph.D (History and Strategic Studies)	History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos	2012

Africa and the Changing Global Security Order: Contemporary Perspectives on International Relations, Strategic and Security Studies

Africa and the Changing Global Security Order: Contemporary Perspectives on International Relations, Strategic and Security Studies is a seventeen chapter edited volume that examines how a shifting global security order is reshaping the threats, strategies and institutions of African states.

Objectives. The volume explains how changes in global power relations, and the security challenges that accompany them, affect Africa. It places African scholars, institutions and perspectives at the centre of the analysis, rather than treating the continent as a recipient of external agendas. It also brings international relations, strategic studies and security studies into a single conversation.

Expected results. The volume will offer evidence based chapters that link theory to current cases across the continent. It will identify shared patterns and differences in how African states and organisations respond to a changing order, and it will point to priorities for policy and further research.

Contribution to knowledge. The book offers a consolidated, African led account of security in a changing global order. It narrows the gap between general scholarship on global security and region specific analysis, and it gives students, researchers and policymakers a multidisciplinary reference. It also advances debate on African agency and on how global shifts are interpreted and negotiated from the continent.

FALODE ADEWUNMI is a Professor at the Department of History and International Relations

FALODE has a Ph.D in History and Strategic Studies from History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos