Samuel Oyewole

Samuel Oyewole is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the African Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS) and Ocean Regions Programme, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa, and a lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria. His research interests cover African affairs, aerospace, defence and strategic studies, crisis management, ocean governance, international relations, and political economy.

His articles have appeared in many journals, including Astropolitics, Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs, African Security, African Security Review, African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review, Defense & Security Analysis, Defence Studies, Democracy and Security, Geojournal, Journal of Asian and African Studies, New Zealand International Review, Politikon, RUSI journal, South African Journal of International Affairs, Strategic Analysis, and Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. He is the author of Utilitarianism in Outer Space: Space Policy, Socioeconomic Development and Security Strategies in Nigeria and South Africa (Springer, 2024), and co-editor of several books.