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@UNDispatch editor + host of #GlobalDispatches, the longest running global affairs podcast. https://t.co/w6ctkse2dq. Contact: https://t.co/lfou4yYXu1
Jan 19, 2023 9 tweets 3 min read
If Peter Obi ends up winning the presidential elections in Nigeria, you could argue that it would represent the most significant political impact of the George Floyd protests anywhere in the world -- including the US. Some background: Nigeria is the largest democracy in Africa and one of the largest multi-party democracies in the world.

Peter Obi is a surprising insurgent third party candidate currently leading in the polls ahead of Nigeria's February 23rd elections.
Sep 10, 2019 6 tweets 2 min read
Bolton was unable to convince Trump to Bomb Iran or North Korea, or both simultaneously. But he *was* able to effectively pursue some of his more peculiar foreign policy predilections.

A thread on some of the damage Bolton wrought in his stint as National Security Advisor Bolton was the driving force behind slapping a visa ban on the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Now, she can only enter the United States to address the UN in New York. This is part of his longstanding ambition to undermine the ICC lawfareblog.com/us-imposes-vis…
Sep 19, 2017 7 tweets 2 min read
Trump's unpredictability is a driving force of diplomacy at #UNGA this week <thread> The UN breathed a giant sigh of relief yesterday, when he praised @AntonioGuterres and endorsed the Sec Gen's UN reform plan. /2