Episode 78 – AU’s 38th Summit: A Path to Security & Economic Integration
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Dr. Michael Nwankpa discusses about AU’s 38th Summit – A Path to Security & Economic Integration with Professor Babatunde Fagbayibo.
Babatunde Fagbayibo is currently Professor of International Law at the University of Pretoria. His research focuses primarily on the institutional development of the African Union, in particular the process of empowering AU institutions with supranational powers. Other research interests include African politics, transnational policy analysis, critical approaches to international law, and governance and democratisation in Africa. He has written extensively on these topics. He is the author of the book: “Transcending Member States: Political and Legal Dynamics of Building Continental Supranationalism in Africa” (Springer, 2022). He has advised the African Union on issues of democratic governance and constitutionalism. He also provides commentary on African affairs in print and broadcast media. He is a C2 rated researcher by the South African National Research Foundation (NRF). He has been invited to lecture at institutions and platforms within and outside the African continent.
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.