Jude Cocodia, PhD

Jude Cocodia is a Professor of the Department of Political Science, Niger Delta University, Nigeria; a MOFA Taiwan Fellow; Visiting Scholar, Advanced Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan; Research Fellow of the Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State, South Africa; Fellow of the International Peace Research Association, USA; Researcher, African Sahel Project; and an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK. He obtained his doctorate in International Relations from the University of Nottingham, UK. His areas of expertise are Peace, Security, Democracy and Decoloniality in Africa. He is also interested in Climate Politics and Sino-Africa Security Relations. His books include: Peacekeeping in the African Union: Building Negative Peace (Routledge, 2018). African Security in the Anthropocene (Springer Nature, 2023); Complex Solutions to Local Problems: Constructed Narratives and External Intervention in Somalia’s Crisis (Anthem Press, 2024). ‘The Impact of China’s Growing Influence on Security and Democracy in Africa’ (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan).