Folahanmi Aina

Leadership in national security policy decision making, grand strategy, radicalization, extremism and terrorism, military operations and interventions, peace, security, and development nexus. Geographical areas of interest are the Lake Chad Basin area and the Sahel region in West Africa. 

He has worked as an Independent Consultant for the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) London, on Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin and as a Research Analyst for the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) London. He is also a Senior Research Consultant for the Geneva Centre for Security Governance (DCAF) on security in West Africa. He is also a non-residential Hans. J Morgentau Fellow on Grand Strategy at the Notre Dame International Security Center, Univeristy of Notre Dame, U.S.A.