INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 1. INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1` Background of the study The war between Russia and Ukraine, according to Lakomy (2022), arose over a number of concerns. The foreign watchers of the war are concerned about a complicated interaction of ethnic, religious, political, and economic interests. Lakomy (2022), Mearsheimer (2021), and Zwolski (2018) all stressed the European Union's participation in the dispu...Continue Reading »

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• 2. THE IMPACT OF THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE ON THE ECONOMIC STRENGTH OF UKRAIN...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study According to Benkovskis (2022) twenty five years after the collapse of the Iron Curtain, the current acute crisis in Russian Western ties is not only a tremendous setback, but it is also escalating into a hazardous geopolitical clash. The conflict's economic ramifications are as serious: not just for Russia (and, of course, first and foremost fo...Continue Reading »

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• 3. THE ROLE OF MEDIATION IN THE RUSSIAN- UKRAINE CONFLICT

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study According to Gross, (2022) it's not simple to figure just how beneficial mediation is. Indeed, in certain circumstances of mediation, there is no obvious distinction between' success' and 'failure' (Gross, 2022), since such judgement are highly dependent on the conflict's temporal horizon. Effectiveness may be judged objectively ( the design of ...Continue Reading »

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• 4. PRE-COLONIAL RELATIONS AMONG YORUBAS' IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The Yoruba stretch on the West from around the area of Badagry to Warri and Inland until they almost reach the Niger around latitude 9oN. Indeed, certain parts of the Niger formed the boundary between it and Nupe. Around latitude 5oN, they spread Westwards cutting across the whole of Dahomey and reaching into the East of Togo. From the coast, th...Continue Reading »

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• 5. GLOBALIZATION AND ITS IMPACT ON NIGERIA FOREIGN POLICY

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The transformation of the global village has come to be associated with the dynamism and frequency of technological advancement. One significant phenomenon that was extent prior to and during the cold war, was the technological advancement of nuclear and chemical weapons. The dissolution of socialism in the Eastern bloc raised questions about th...Continue Reading »

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• 6. IMPACT OF RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION ON BLACK LIVES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES: A STUDY...

  » ABSTRACT This study was intended to examine the impact of racism and discrimination on black lives in foreign countries using George Floyd’s Black Lives Matter as the case study. This study was guided by the following objectives; to examine the psychological distress among African Americans exposed to stressful life events and race related stress, and to examine the implications of racism an...Continue Reading »

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• 7. UNITED STATES ALIEN TORTS CLAIMS ACT (ATCA), OIL CORPORATIONS AND MILITARIZED CO...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study The globalization of law has engendered the development of international norms and institutions for the protection of human rights in our century than at any previous point in human civilization. The outcome is an international recognition that human rights ought to be honoured as a basis for human development, democracy, and good governance. Su...Continue Reading »

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• 8. The effect of religious crisis in north south relationship in Nigeria 1995 – 2...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Nigeria is usually characterized as a deeply divided state in which major political issues are vigorously and or violently contested along the lines of the complex ethnic, religious, and regional divisions in the country (Smyth and Robinson, 2001). By virtue of its complex web of politically salient identities and history of chronic and seemingl...Continue Reading »

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• 9. POVERTY AND VOTE SELLING IN NIGERIAN ELECTION (STUDY OF 2019 GENERAL ELECTION)

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study With over 180 million people, Nigeria is the largest democracy in Africa (Nwankwo, 2017) and since the return of democratic rule in 1999 after decades of military dictatorships (Nwankwo, Okafor & Asuoha, 2017) one would expect that the primary features of electoral democracy would have at least germinated if not fully developed. At the momen...Continue Reading »

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• 10. OBASANJOS ADMINISTRATION AND NIGERIAS INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY 1999 TO 2007

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study A country's foreign policy consists of self interest strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve its goals within the international relations milieu. It is the aggregate of a country’s national interest which results from the interaction of internal and external forces as perceived by the foreign polic...Continue Reading »

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• 11. INFLUENCE OF TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS ON INTEREST AND ACHIEVEMENT OF JUNIOR SECON...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study The introduction of social studies education into the Nigeria education system in 1982 was borne out of the fact that the subject was considered very appropriate and relevant by the Federal Ministry of Education in helping the nation to achieve national unity and national consciousness. Nigeria as a multi ethnic and multi religious society needs eff...Continue Reading »

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• 12. AROCHUKWU WOMEN AND SOCIETAL CHANGE, 1970-2010

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Women’s history deals with the roles women have played in their societies and the effects which historical events have had on women. It focuses on women both as a group and as individuals, and understudies their economic, political, religious and social activities.[1] Women are important to every society; they play vital roles in the society a...Continue Reading »

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• 13. ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMIC REFORMS OF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO’S ADMINISTRATION, 1999-20...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The significance of good governance in any given nation cannot be underestimated. Therefore, the essence of governance is to ensure the development of every sector of the national entity. To this end, every emerging and successive government formulates policies in order to reform the political, economic, cultural and social structures. Irrespective ...Continue Reading »

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• 14. CATTLE TRADE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAIGATARI ECONOMY IN JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA, ...

  » ABSTRACT This study examines cattle trade and its place in the development of Maigatari economy in Jigawa state, Nigeria between 1960 2010.It is an important variable in the country’s development equation. It is a trade dominated by Nigerians and Nigeriens including a proportion of the local people. Then government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources with the support of...Continue Reading »

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• 15. FOOD PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1939-45

  » ABSTRACT The Second World War and its effects are major factors to reckon with in history. It was an event which started with an attempt by the Axis powers to control the affairs of Europe, the reactions of the Allied powers and the eventual outbreak of the war. Consequently, much has been written about it, although in some cases, information about the roles played by Africans in the war efforts i...Continue Reading »

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• 16. LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN A BILINGUAL SITUATION: AN APPRAISAL OF A FOUR YEAR OLD G...

  » ABSTRACT This work looks into the language acquisition of a four (4) years old girl child in a bilingual situation to ascertain the level of her bilingual (i.e Nigerian English and Igbo languages acquisition as she lives within Nsukka urban area where these two languages are spoken) in respect to phonology, semantics, morphology and syntax of both languages. According to Agbedo (2009), language ac...Continue Reading »

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• 17. INTER-GROUP RELATIONS OF MBANO IN IMO STATE, NIGERIA AND ITS NEIGHBOURS, 1906 TO...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Study of pre colonial and colonial African society emphasise isolation and the general hostilities of one ethnic group or polity against the other. Existing colonial literature in their assessments of Africa wrongly classified pre colonial and colonial African indigenous communities as immobile, stagnant and averse to change. It is to be stressed th...Continue Reading »

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• 18. THE NIGERIA-CAMEROON RELATIONS AND THE BAKASSI PENINSULA CRISIS, 1981-2008

  » CHAPTER ONE Background to the Study Nature is lavish in its endowment of Eleme as indeed other areas of the Niger Delta. Like other communities in the region, Eleme is endowed with an abundance of hydrocarbon, good vegetation for agriculture and arteries of waterways for easy communication, among others. As Obo Osaro Ngofa rightly notes, ‘several multi national companies are operating within...Continue Reading »

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• 19. THE QUARRY INDUSTRY IN ABAKALIKI, 1970-2007

  » Chapter One Introduction Background to the Study Quarry is the excavation, extraction and breaking of stones into aggregates for construction purposes such as bridges, houses, roads, railways and others[1] . Abakaliki before the coming of the quarry industry at Onuebonyi Izzi in Abakaliki Local Government Area, Ebonyi state, earned their livelihood mainly through agriculture. About 85% 0f Abakalik...Continue Reading »

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• 20. UNUBI AND THE BRITISH INVASION OF 1912

  » Abstract Prior to the Berlin West African Conference of 1884 – 1885 and the subsequent scramble and partition of Africa, followed by the designation of spheres of influence and gradual occupation of these areas by the participating powers, Unubi community was just one of the countless typical self governing African communities of the West African sub region. Located within the confines of Ig...Continue Reading »

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