Select Invited Talks and Conference Presentations
Panel: “What is Power in the 21st Century?” Delivered at the 20th Anniversary of New York University Center for Global Affairs, New York, NY. October 9, 2024.
Fireside Chat: “The Future of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy.” Fireside Chat with His Excellency Yusuf Tuggar (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria) at New York Center for Global Affairs, New York, NY. September 18, 2024. Link.
High-Level Briefing: “Profile: Non-State Armed Groups in West Africa.” High-Level Briefing delivered virtually to the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPO). July 18, 2024.
Panel Webinar: “Non-State Armed Groups and Illicit Economies in West Africa: Armed Bandits in Nigeria.” Virtual Webinar hosted by The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) and the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC). July 10, 2024. Link.
Webinar: “A Decade After Chibok: Assessing Nigeria’s Regional Response to Boko Haram.” Delivered at the Association for Conflict Resolution, New York, NY. May 3, 2024.
Panel Webinar: “U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa and Security Challenges in West Africa.” Delivered at the Conflict Research Network West Africa Virtual Research Roundtable Series. April 19, 2024.
High-Level Briefing: “The Changing Landscape in the Sahel.” High-level meeting hosted by Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre on The Evolution of African-led Peace Support Operations and Best Practices for Future Operations, Accra, Ghana. December 7, 2023.
Webinar: “Competition or Collaboration? Exploring Economic and Security Determinants for a Stable African Continent.” Delivered at New York University Center for Global Affairs, New York, NY. May 4, 2023.
Guest Lecture: “Advancing Stability in Africa: Continuity, Change, Challenges and Opportunity.” Delivered at U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, PA. January 18, 2023.
Panel: “Challenges and Opportunities at the Dawn of a New Age: Saying Farewell to the ‘Post-Cold War’ Era.” New York University Center for Global Affairs, New York, NY. December 1, 2022.
Conference Presentation: “Climate Change Vulnerability and Involvement: A Gendered Dimension in understanding Pastoralist-Farmer Conflicts in the Sahel.” With Mary Anne Iwara. Paper presented at the Sixty-Fifth African Studies Association Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. November 17-19, 2022.
Panel Webinar: “Understanding the Fractured Landscape of Violent Extremism in the Lake Chad Basin. Delivered at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, Washington D.C. October 13, 2022.
Conference Presentation: “Securing Border Regions: Non-military Actors as a Regional Strategy in the Lake Chad Region.” Paper presented at the African Borderlands Research Network Conference on Security and Trade in African Borderlands, Paris, France. September 19-20, 2022.
Conference Presentation: “African Solutions to African Problems: A Pathway to the Region’s Recovery in a Post-COVID World.” With Yvan Y. Ilunga. Paper presented at the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (UNOSAA) Virtual Academic Conference on Africa’s fiscal space, fragility and conflict. February 22-24, 2022.
Panel Webinar: “Decolonializing the Curriculum.” Delivered at New York University Center for Global Affairs, New York, NY. February 18, 2022.
Guest Lecture: “African Wars in the 21st Century: Post-COVID Emerging Trends, Challenges and Opportunities.” Delivered at U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, PA. January 24, 2022.
Guest Lecture: “Climate Change and Human Security.” Delivered at New York University Center for Global Affairs, New York, NY. November 23, 2021.
Roundtable: “Second Virtual Roundtable on ISIL Trends and Developments in Africa.” The UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, New York, NY. November 17-18, 2021.
Guest Lecture: “The Media and the Global South.” Delivered at the Division of Applied Undergraduate Studies, New York University, New York, NY. November 8, 2021.
Roundtable: “First Virtual Roundtable on ISIL Trends and Developments in Africa.” The UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, New York, NY. October 28-29, 2021.
Panel Webinar: “20 Years After 9/11: The lasting impact and lessons learned from the war on terror.” New York University Center for Global Affairs, New York, NY. September 9, 2021.
Panel Webinar: “The State of Insecurity in Nigeria: The Tipping Point.” Sixth Oando Webinar Series, Oando PLC, Lagos, Nigeria. September 7, 2021.
Panel Webinar: “From the OAU to the AU: Twenty Years of Lessons Learnt Towards Silencing the Guns.” The Training for Peace Programme, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. June 29, 2021.
Panel Webinar: “Beyond Territorial Defeat of Terrorist Groups: The Way Forward to Lasting Peace.” UN 2021 Counter-Terrorism Week Virtual Side Events. June 21, 2021. With Cairo International Center for Peace and Women in International Security.
Guest Lecture: “Terrorism in West Africa: The Rise and Impact of Boko Haram.” The Oxford Forum for Questioning ‘Extremism’, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, May 17, 2021.
Roundtable: “20 years of UN Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001): Past trends, current threats, and future developments in terrorism and counter-terrorism.” UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate and New York University Center for Global Affairs, New York, NY. May 7, 2021.
Panel Webinar: “U.S. & Africa: The Emerging Threat of ISIL.” New York Center for Foreign Policy Affairs (NYCFPA), Washington D.C. February 25, 2021.
Panel Webinar: “How Have Some Nigerian States Resisted Boko Haram?” Delivered at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Seminar, Cape Town, South Africa. October 14, 2020.