When Fuel Prices Turn Political: Trust, Climate Reform, and Everyday Populism in Nigeria
This commentary examines how fuel pricing in Nigeria has become a central site of democratic contestation, linking economic reform to...
How Communication Style Shapes Political Trust More Than Populist Content in Domestic and International Politics
This commentary advances a critical intervention in debates on political persuasion by foregrounding original pilot research on communication and trust....
When Floods Become Political: Disaster Relief, Democratic Trust, and Everyday Environmental Populism in Nigeria
In this insightful commentary, Dr. Oludele Solaja reconceptualizes recurrent flooding in Nigeria as a site of political contestation rather than...
Gender and the Return of Culture Wars in the Portuguese Parliament
In this timely commentary, Dr. João Ferreira Dias examines how recent parliamentary debates on gender identity in Portugal signal the...
Algorithmic Environmental Populism and the Digital Politics of Waste in Africa
Dr. Oludele Solaja’s analysis introduces the concept of “Algorithmic Environmental Populism” to illuminate how digital platforms are reshaping the politics...
Algorithmic Populism and the Politics of Waste: How AI Reproduces Plastic Colonialism in the Global South
In this incisive analysis, Dr. Oludele Solaja interrogates how AI-driven waste governance reproduces global inequalities under the guise of efficiency....
Climate Populism in the Global South: Environmental Crisis and the Politics of Economic Discontent
Environmental crises are increasingly reshaping political conflict across the Global South. In this ECPS commentary, Dr. Oludele Solaja examines the...
Power Transition in the Middle East: The Intersection of US Global Rivalries and Israel’s Regional Ambitions
In this long ECPS commentary, Professor Ibrahim Ozturk examines the 2026 US–Israeli strikes on Iran as part of a broader...
Plastic Colonialism and the Politics of Waste: Toward a Theory of Waste Sovereignty in the Global South
Plastic waste has become one of the defining environmental crises of the twenty-first century—but its politics extend far beyond questions...
War Beyond the Battlefield: Environmental and Human Security in Iran
In this commentary, Dr. Oludele Solaja examines the often-overlooked ecological consequences of modern warfare. Moving beyond traditional analyses focused on...
Energy Geopolitics from Hormuz to Lagos: Commodity Shocks and African Vulnerability
In this analysis, Dr. Oludele Solaja examines how geopolitical tensions around the strategic oil chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz...
“Googling” Patterns during 2026 State of the Union Address – Research Note
This research note introduces high frequency “real-time” Google Trends data as a novel tool for studying public engagement with major...