Episode 70 – Western Government’s support for authoritarian regime in Chad
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Dr. Michael Nwankpa discusses about Western Government’s support for authoritarian regime in Chad with Dr. Nathaniel Powell. Nathaniel holds a PhD in International History and Politics and an MA in International Studies from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Geneva. He also holds a BA in Political Science and French Literature from the University of Rochester.
Nathaniel joined Oxford Analytica in June 2021 and covers West and Southern Africa, in particular government politicking, elections, wars, and economic concerns. Previously, Nathaniel has worked in the humanitarian and cultural heritage sectors. He also taught Cold War and African history at Lancaster University and College of the Holy Cross as a visiting lecturer, and Intelligence Studies seminars at Kings College London.
He has also taught history in London secondary schools. His previous work has focused on French security policy in Africa, military interventions, rebellions and civil wars.
About the Podcast
The Conflict & Development in Africa podcast brings experts from Africa and the world as guests to discuss critical conflict and development issues that affect Africa. Our guests include practitioners, academics, journalists, researchers, policy makers and advocates that are renowned and are nationally and internationally recognized for their work, expertise and contribution to conflict and development issues in Africa. Our audience includes policy makers, governments, researchers, students, businesses and anyone that is interested in conflict and development issues in Africa.
About the Host
Dr Michael Nwankpa has an extensive experience spanning over a decade studying, researching, writing and consulting on conflict and development issues in Africa.
Michael Nwankpa has a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Roehampton, London, UK. He has held several research fellowships including as a Rice University Fellow and a terrorism research Fellow (past) at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism (START), University of Maryland. He is currently a fellow at the Royal United Service Institute for Defense and Security Studies (RUSI) and a research fellow at the Geneva-based Centre on Armed Groups. Dr. Nwankpa has extensive experience studying counterterrorism and counterinsurgency strategies, advising relevant government development departments and security agencies, and consulting for multilateral organizations. Michael is the author of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, 1999-2021: A Militarized Democracy (Routledge 2022) and co-author of the seminal work on Boko Haram, The Boko Haram Reader: From Nigerian Preachers to the Islamic State (Oxford University Press/Hurst 2018). He has written several articles and is currently working on three book projects.