Folahanmi Aina Explained

Folahanmi Aina
Birth Place:Osun
Citizenship:Nigerian
Employer:RUSI

Folahanmi Aina (born June 1984) is a Nigerian political scientist, international security analyst, and the founder of Triola Aina Foundation. He is recognised as a prolific contributor to international security development in the Sahel region.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Educational background

Folahanmi earned his Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Political Science from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. He later pursued advanced studies, obtaining a Master's degree in International Development Policy from Seoul National University, South Korea, in 2013. In 2017, he completed a second Master's degree in African Studies at the African Studies Centre, University of Oxford. He further obtained a PhD in Leadership Studies from the School of Global Affairs, King's College London in 2023.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Career

Folahanmi began his career in 2011 as a Special Assistant to the Statistician General at the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria. In 2015, he transitioned to the role of Data Analyst for the Humanitarian Coordination Unit in the Office of the Vice President of Nigeria (Yemi Osinbajo). By 2018, he was serving as the Leadership Programme Coordinator for the African Leadership Centre's ALC-PGF initiative. Folahanmi also worked as Research Assistant at King's College London, and independent consultant for International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London and the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington, D.C.[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] Additionally, he served as a Senior Research Consultant for DCAF–Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance from 2021 to 2022 and worked as Research Director at the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), an academic research arm of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism.[16] [17] Currently, Folahanmi holds the position of Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London.[18] [19]

Triola Aina Foundation

Triola Aina Foundation, established in 2017, is a Nigerian non-profit organization headquartered in Osun State, Nigeria, with a field office in Abuja, Nigeria. The foundation is dedicated to empowering young people to become active contributors to national development through strategic initiatives focused on education, youth leadership and nation building.[20]

Awards and Recognition

In 2016, Folahanmi was honoured with the Mandela Washington Fellowship by the U.S. State Department. In 2019, he was invited as a speaker and a Next Generation Delegate at the Global Food Security Symposium organized by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, USA. In 2021, he received the General Lamine Cissé Young Researcher Award from Partners West Africa, Senegal.[21] [22]

Works

Academic publications

Books

References

  1. Web site: Folahanmi AINA personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK . 2024-09-04 . find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk . en.
  2. Web site: 2021-05-05 . Fola Aina Foreign Affairs . 2024-09-04 . www.foreignaffairs.com . en.
  3. Web site: Aina . Folahanmi . 2024-09-05 . Folahanmi Aina . 2024-09-04 . Foreign Policy . en-US.
  4. Web site: mediagem . 2024-06-03 . Dr Fola Aina: A Sustainable Approach to Nation Building and National development . 2024-09-04 . TheLeadng . en.
  5. Web site: ADF . 2022-12-27 . 'An Unholy Handshake': Terrorist, Bandit Cooperation Spells Trouble in Nigeria . 2024-09-04 . Africa Defense Forum . en-US.
  6. Web site: Fola AINA Global Shapers, Abuja . 2024-09-04 . en-US.
  7. Web site: Aina . Fola . 2024-06-11 . How Nigeria can leverage technology for youth development . 2024-09-04 . Peoples Gazette Nigeria . en-US.
  8. Web site: Dr. Folahanmi Aina . 2024-09-04 . ICSR . en-GB.
  9. Web site: Dr Folahanmi Aina SOAS . 2024-09-04 . www.soas.ac.uk . en.
  10. Web site: Dame . Marketing Communications: Web University of Notre . Folahanmi - Aina . 2024-09-04 . ND International Security Center . en.
  11. Web site: Re-Engineering Counter-Terrorism Efforts in Nigeria's North East: The Pursuit of Peace Wilson Center . 2024-09-04 . www.wilsoncenter.org . en.
  12. Web site: Folahanmi Aina . 2024-09-04 . King's College London . en-GB.
  13. Web site: Nigeria Elections: its meaning for the country, its people and the world . 2024-09-04 . Royal African Society . en-US.
  14. Web site: Our Team . 2024-09-04 . ICSR . en-GB.
  15. Web site: 2023-05-22 . Folahanmi Aina . 2024-09-04 . The Republic . en-GB.
  16. Web site: Fola Aina . 2024-09-04 . GIFCT . en-GB.
  17. Web site: Fola Aina LibertyCon Africa . 2024-09-04 . en-US.
  18. Web site: 2023-09-04 . Folahanmi Aina . 2024-09-04 . Down To Earth . en.
  19. Web site: Folahanmi Aina Al Jazeera News Today's latest from Al Jazeera . 2024-09-04 . Al Jazeera . en.
  20. Web site: About Us – Triola Aina Foundation Passionate About Youth Development & Partly Focused on Rural Development Abuja Nigeria . 2024-09-04 . en-US.
  21. Web site: YALI10 Competition, Semi-Finalist: Folahanmi Aina . 2024-09-04 . Mandela Washington Fellowship . en-US.
  22. Web site: Dr Fola Aina . 2024-09-04 . rusi.org . en.
  23. Ojo . John Sunday . Oyewole . Samuel . Aina . Folahanmi . 2023-10-02 . Forces of Terror: Armed Banditry and Insecurity in North-west Nigeria . Democracy and Security . en . 19 . 4 . 319–346 . 10.1080/17419166.2023.2164924 . 1741-9166. free .
  24. Aina . Folahanmi . Ojo . John Sunday . Oyewole . Samuel . 2023-10-02 . Shock and awe: Military response to armed banditry and the prospects of internal security operations in Northwest Nigeria . African Security Review . en . 32 . 4 . 440–457 . 10.1080/10246029.2023.2246432 . 1024-6029. free .
  25. Oyewole . Samuel . Aina . Folahanmi . Ojo . John Sunday . 2022-07-29 . Wings over Flies: Air Campaigns Against Armed Banditry in North-West Nigeria . The RUSI Journal . en . 167 . 4–5 . 92–103 . 10.1080/03071847.2022.2153076 . 0307-1847.
  26. Aina . Folahanmi . 2023-07-03 . Contested Forgiveness: Unsolicited Amnesty and the Reintegration of 'Repentant' Bandits in Northwest Nigeria . Peace Review . en . 35 . 3 . 511–523 . 10.1080/10402659.2023.2208539 . 1040-2659. free .
  27. Aina . Folahanmi . 2023-04-03 . "Phantom operators": special operations forces and asymmetric warfare in Northern Nigeria. . Defence Studies . en . 23 . 2 . 177–197 . 10.1080/14702436.2023.2206958 . 1470-2436. free .
  28. Ikpe . Eka . Adegoke . Damilola . Olonisakin . Funmi . Aina . Folahanmi . 2023-01-02 . Understanding Vulnerability to Violent Extremism: Evidence from Borno State, Northeastern Nigeria . African Security . en . 16 . 1 . 5–31 . 10.1080/19392206.2023.2185746 . 1939-2206. free .
  29. Aina . Folahanmi . 2024-01-30 . Political economy of sub-national fragility and armed conflict in Northwest Nigeria . African Identities . en . 1–18 . 10.1080/14725843.2024.2308638 . 1472-5843. free .
  30. Web site: The "Webification" of Jihadism: Trends in the Use of Online Platforms, Before and After Attacks by Violent Extremists in Nigeria . 2024-09-04 . scholar.google.com.
  31. Aina . Folahanmi . 2023-07-23 . Between "Victims" and Their "Saviors": Process-Based Leadership and Trust Building in Civil–Military Relations in Northern Nigeria . Armed Forces & Society . en . 0095327X231187581 . 10.1177/0095327X231187581 . 0095-327X. free .
  32. Web site: Political Economy of Insurgency in North East Nigeria . 2024-09-04 . scholar.google.com.
  33. Okoli . Al Chukwuma . Aina . Folahanmi . 2024-06-27 . Pills, substances and brigandage: Exploring the drug factor in Nigeria's banditry crisis . African Security Review . 33 . 3 . en . 262–276 . 10.1080/10246029.2024.2327332 . 1024-6029.
  34. Okoli . Al Chukwuma . Aina . Folahanmi . Onuoha . Freedom C. . 2024-05-27 . Banditry and "captive population syndrome" in northern Nigeria . Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict . en . 1–17 . 10.1080/17467586.2024.2356509 . 1746-7586.
  35. Web site: Mobility, mobilization, and counter/insurgency: the routes of terror in an African context; Insurgency, terrorism, and counterterrorism in Africa . 2024-09-04 . scholar.google.com.
  36. Aina . Folahanmi . 2024-01-02 . Politics of "Localised Legitimacy", Vigilantism, Non-State Policing and Counter-Banditry in Northwest Nigeria: Evidence from the Epicenter . Journal of Applied Security Research . en . 19 . 1 . 70–97 . 10.1080/19361610.2023.2240281 . 1936-1610. free .
  37. Book: Okoli . Al Chukwuma . Contemporary Security Governance in Nigeria: Themes and Perspectives . Aina . Folahanmi . 2024-08-22 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-1-6669-4944-5 . en.
  38. Book: Ojo . John Sunday . Armed Banditry in Nigeria: Evolution, Dynamics, and Trajectories . Aina . Folahanmi . Oyewole . Samuel . 2024 . Springer Nature . 978-3-031-45445-5 . en.

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