Usman A. Tar is Professor of Political Science and Defence Studies, and Distinguished Endowed Chair of Defence and Security Studies (26RC Endowment) at the Nigerian Defence Academy. He is Director of the Academy’s flagship Centre for Defence Studies and Documentation. He is a member of the board of the Social Science Research Council’s African Peacebuidling Network (SSRC/APN), New York, USA. Previously he was Associate Research Fellow at the Africa Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Bradford, UK. He authored several books including The Politics of Neoliberal Democracy in Africa (2009), Globalization in Africa: Perspectives on Development, Security and the Environment (2016), New Architecture of Regional Security in Africa (2020), and Routledge Handbook of Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency in Africa (2020). He has consulted, or consults, for the Nigeria’s National Foundation for the Support of Victims of Terrorism (Victims Support Fund, VSF); United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Nigeria; Konrad Adaneur Stiftung (KAS, German Development Fund); and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), Nigeria. He is a member of Nigeria’s Presidential Think Tank on National Defence and Security, and served as a member of Nigeria’s Presidential Committee to review the national defence policy in 2015.
Charles P. Onwurah is a research associate at the Centre for Defence Studies and Documentation, Nigerian Defence Academy. He is pursuing a Ph D in Defence and Strategic Studies at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Nigerian Defence Academy. He has published on globalisation, private security companies, small arms and civil militias in Africa.
12 Ebooks by Usman A. Tar
Etham B. Mijah & Usman A. Tar: Globalization in Africa
This book presents critical perspectives on the impacts of globalization in Africa with particular reference to the crisis of development and governance, the crisis of peace and security, and the env …
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€135.12
Bashir Bala & Usman A. Tar: New Architecture of Regional Security in Africa
This book critically explores the emerging architecture of regional security in Africa with particular reference to counterterrorism and counterinsurgency in the Lake Chad Basin Region. In New Archit …
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€163.27
Usman A. Tar: Routledge Handbook of Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency in Africa
This book illustrates how Africa’s defence and security domains have been radically altered by drastic changes in world politics and local ramifications.First, the contributions of numerous authors h …
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€56.57
Usman A. Tar: Routledge Handbook of Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency in Africa
This book illustrates how Africa’s defence and security domains have been radically altered by drastic changes in world politics and local ramifications.First, the contributions of numerous authors h …
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€56.89
Usman A. Tar & Charles P. Onwurah: The Palgrave Handbook of Small Arms and Conflicts in Africa
This handbook provides critical analyses of the theory and practices of small arms proliferation and its impact on conflicts and organized violence in Africa. It examines the terrains, institutions, …
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€234.33
Osita Agbu & C. Nna-Emeka Okereke: Cameroon-Nigeria Relations
Cameroon-Nigeria Relations: Trends and Perspectives, edited by Osita Agbu and C. Nna-Emeka Okereke, examines various aspects of Cameroon-Nigeria relations since the countries attained independence in …
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€44.94
Usman A. Tar & Sharkdam Wapmuk: Africa’s International Relations in a Globalising World
Since its emergence in 1960 as an independent state, Nigeria has stood out as the most populous Black country in the world. In Africa’s International Relations in a Globalising World: Perspectives on …
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€44.89
Dawud Muhammad Dawud & Usman A. Tar: Policing Criminality and Insurgency in Africa
Policing Criminality and Insurgency in Africa: Perspectives on the Changing Wave of Law Enforcement provides critical insights into the trends and patterns of crime and insurgency in contemporary Afr …
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€49.01
Usman A. Tar & Sharkdam Wapmuk: Nigerian Foreign Policy 60 Years After Independence
This book covers critical issues in Nigeria’s external relations since 1960. As an independent nation, Nigeria has stood out as the most populous black country in the world and contributed immen …
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€139.09
Bashir Bala & Usman A. Tar: Rural Violence in Contemporary Nigeria
The book explores the pressing problem of rural violence in contemporary Nigeria by assessing the changing patterns of conflict and response across the country. Rural violence in Nigeria is becoming …
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€51.24
Bashir Bala & Usman A. Tar: Rural Violence in Contemporary Nigeria
The book explores the pressing problem of rural violence in contemporary Nigeria by assessing the changing patterns of conflict and response across the country. Rural violence in Nigeria is becoming …
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€51.58
Usman A. Tar: Politics of Neoliberal Democracy in Africa
Since the late 1980s the changing dynamic of global development has driven the tide of democratic expansion in the developing world. In Africa, western donors have sought to impose ‘neo-liberal’ visi …
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€150.24