Olayiwola Abegunrin is Professor of International Relations, African Studies, and Political Economy, Howard University and the University of Maryland, US. He is a Carnegie Mellon Foundation Fellow. His teaching and research focus is on International Relations, African Politics, Political Economy and U.S. Foreign Policy. Sabella Ogbobode Abidde is an Associate Professor of Political Science and member of the graduate faculty at Alabama State University, US, where he teaches courses in comparative politics, international relations, African politics and institutions, and the politics of developing nations.