Dr. Olawale Akinrinde teaches & conducts research in Defence, Security and Strategic studies in the Department of Political Sciences, Osun State University, Nigeria. Dr. Olawale holds an Outstanding PhD in Defence and Strategic Studies from the prestigious Nigerian Defence Academy, with an M.Sc. in International Relations from Nigeria’s Premier University, the University of Ibadan, and a First-Class Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and International Relations from Osun State University. A double Laureate of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, Dr. Olawale’s works have appeared in NUST Journal of International Peace & Stability, The Journal of International Relations, Peace Studies and Development, The Journal of African-Centered Solutions in Peace and Security, Journal of Digital Food, Energy & Water Systems, European Journal of Geopolitics, Przegląd Politologiczny, Acta Politica Polonica, Studia Securitatis, Studia Politica Slovaca, Law Research Review Quarterly, The Annals of Spiru Haret University Economic Series, and Annals of the Costantin Brâncuși University of Târgu Jiu Letters and Social Science Series, among others. Selected Works: 1. Akinrinde, O. O. (2020). “Are Chinese Loans Truly the Proverbial Greek Gifts? Unpacking the Disinfodemic of Chinese Possible Take-over of Nigerian Sovereignty”. In United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (Ed), Resisting Disinfodemic: Media and Information Literacy for Everyone by Everyone. Paris: UNESCO. Available: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000375167. 2. Akinrinde, O. O. & O. Omitola, B. (2019). “The Nigerian Political Culture and Youths’ Participation in Grassroots Politics: A Theoretical Discourse”, In Oni Michael, Yacob-Haliso Olajumoke and Nwogwugwu’s (Ed.) Local Government Reforms and Democratic Development in Nigeria: Critical Perspectives. Ilishan-Remo: Babcock University Press. 3. Akinrinde, O. O and Tar, U. A. (2021). Political Economy and the Dialectics of Xenophobia in Post-Apartheid South Africa. The Journal of African-Centred Solutions in Peace and Security, Vol. 4 (1). A Publication of the Institute for Peace and Security Studies, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. Available at: http://ipss-addis.org/download/afsol-journal-vol-4i/. 4. Akinrinde, O. O and Adebisi, A. M (2021). A Micro-Political Analysis of Local Governance in Nigeria: The Case of Irepodun Local Government. Przegląd Politologiczny, (4), pp. 119-141. https://doi.org/10.14746/pp.2021.26.4.8. A Publication of the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, University of Adam Mickiewicz, Poznań, Poland. Available at: https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/pp/article/view/31032. 5. Akinrinde, O. O., Osuwa, A. A., Olawoyin, K. W., Morakinyo, A. D. (2021). Farmers-Herders Conflict and Nigeria’s Quest for Food Security: The Imperative Need for Information Communications Technology. Journal of Digital Food, Energy & Water Systems, 2 (2), 33 – 54, https://doi.org/10.36615/digitalfoodenergywatersystems.v2i2.731. A Publication of the Centre for Cyber Physical Food, Energy and Water Systems, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Available at: https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/DigitalFoodEnergy_WaterSystems/article/view/731 or https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/DigitalFoodEnergy_WaterSystems/article/view/731/680. 6. Adeyeye, A. I., Akinrinde, O. O., & Omodunbi, O. O. (2022). The Influence of Globalization on Insurgency: Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab in the Age of Information Technology. NUST Journal of International Peace & Stability, 5(1), 15-29. https://doi.org/10.37540/njips.v5i1.119. A Publication of the Centre for International Peace and Stability, National University of Sciences and Technology, H12-Islamabad, Pakistan. Available at: https://njips.nust.edu.pk/index.php/njips/issue/view/11. 7. Omitola, B. O, Akinrinde, O. O., Fakoya, V. & Tar, U. (2021). Beyond Conventional Counterterrorism Strategy: Prospects and Challenges of Community and Vigilante Groups’ Policing in Africa. Acta Politica Polonica, 2 (52), 27–40. DOI: 10.18276/ap. 2021.52-03. A Publication of the Institute of Political Science and Security Studies, the University of Szczecin, Poland. Available at: https://wnus.edu.pl/ap/en/issue/1223/article/19400/. 8. Olawoyin, K. W, Akinrinde, O. O, Irabor, P. O. (2021). The Multinational Joint Task Force and Nigerian Counter-Terrorism Operations in the Lake Chad Region. Copernicus Journal of Political Studies, 1 (2021). A Publication of the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland. Available at: https://apcz.umk.pl/CJPS/article/view/36528. 9. Nasiru, I. M., Ogbo, S. U., Osuwa, A. A. & Akinrinde, O. O. (2021). Challenges of Leadership and Followership in Nigerian Governance Architecture: An Analytical Review. Politicka Revija, 69 (3). https://doi.org/10.22182/pr.6932021.4. A Publication of the Institut za političke studije, Belgrade, Serbia.

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