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Osita Agbu


Osita Agbu is an Associate Professor at the Research and Studies Department of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos. He has a Masters degree in International Relations and a Ph.D in Political Science from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Dr. Agbu has held Visiting Research Fellowship positions at the Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden; Institute of Global Dialogue, Johannesburg, South Africa; and the Institute of Developing Economies, Chiba, Japan amongst others. A versatile scholar, Dr. Agbu is multidisciplinary in his approach and has several publications to his name. His areas of specialization are Society, Technology and Development; Governance and Democratization; Post – Conflict Studies; Nigeria China/Japan Relations and Nigeria’s Foreign Policy. His latest books include: West Africa’s Trouble Spots and the Imperative for Peace-Building, published by CODESRIA (2006); The Iron and Steel Industry and Nigeria’s Industrialization: Exploring Cooperation with Japan, published by the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) (2007); and Ethnic Militias and the Threat to Democracy in Post-Transition Nigeria, published by the Nordic Africa Institute (2004). Dr. Agbu has a vision of seeing African and South countries better organized and technologically developed.

Contact:  ossele2004@yahoo.com

 

 

 

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