SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON CHATHAM HOUSE’S MISREADING OF PRESIDENT TINUBU’S UK STATE VISIT

By Hon. Tosin Olayinka “He who thinks he has caught a tiger may discover, too late, that he was only clutching his own shadow.” That is the problem with the Chatham House commentary by Dr Leena Koni Hoffmann: it reads less like rigorous policy analysis and more like a polished brief built on selective pessimism, half-acknowledged progress, and a familiar genre of elite-distance commentary that mistakes caution for depth. In her poorly researched article on President Tinubu’s State Visit, her core claim is that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s high-profile diplomacy,…

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