Najimdeen Bakare
Najimdeen Ayoola Bakare is an Associate Professor in the Department of International and Strategic Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His research interests are broad, with particular focus on EU politics, Global politics, African politics, European Muslim issues, Regionalism, Development studies, Theories of international relations, Minority issues, and Islamic and Western philosophy. In addition to two decades of teaching experience, he has authored numerous research articles, book chapters, and monographs. His recent publications include Clash of Exceptionalism in International Relations: Contemporary Dynamics and Impacts of US and China Exceptionalism on Global Affairs. London: Routledge (2026), Nigeria-Pakistan Relations: Contemporary Developments and Dynamics. London: Routledge (2026); China's Globalisation and the New World Order. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan (2025); Arab-Israel Normalisation - A Global Perspective. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan (2023).His scholarship has made significant contributions to international and local academic debates, with publications appearing in leading journals which include Wissenschaft und Frieden. – Science and Peace, Peacebuilding Journal, Journal of Contemporary Islam: Dynamics of Muslim Life, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Migration Studies, Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, IPRI Journal, Strategic Studies, Przeglad Strategiczny, Policy Perspectives, NUST Journal of International Peace & Stability, Journals of European Studies, and edited volumes.
List of recent publications:
PUBLICATIONS: Articles
Bakare, Najimdeen. “Peace without internal cohesion? : Feminist movements, identity politics and gender equality in Nigeria.” Wissenschaft und Frieden. – Science and Peace (2026/2): 42-44.
Bakare, Najimdeen. “The Politics of Visibility in the Public Sphere: The Case of Nigerian Muslims and Christian-Muslim Relations.” Contemporary Islam 19, (2025): 467-486. (JCR-SSCI - Impact Factor)
Bakare, Najimdeen. “Self-determination and Secessionism in Nigeria: A Contextual Analysis Through Edward Azar’s Protracted Social Conflict Theory.” Journal of Contemporary African Studies 42, no 4(2024): 564–580 (JCR-SSCI - Impact Factor)
Siraj Uzma and Bakare Najimdeen. Iran-US Relations: From Exceptionalism to Containment Policy.” Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, Vol 9, Issue 1 (2022): 99-121. (- JCR-ESCI)
Arif Khan Hajira and Bakare Najimdeen. “Health security, Vaccine Hesitancy and Post-truth: A Case of COVID-19 in Pakistan.” Journal of Asian and African Studies 59 (4) (2022):11351153. (JCR-SSCI - Impact Factor)
Bakare, Najimdeen. “Edward Azar’s Protracted Social Conflict Theory and Drivers of Self Determination: The Case of Nigeria.” Przeglad Strategiczny. Issue 14 (2021): 313-327. (Scopus)
Bakare, Najimdeen. “UN Peacekeeping Operations and Successful Military Diplomacy: A Case Study of Pakistan.” NUST Journal of International Peace and Stability III, no. 1 (2020):13-25.
Bakare Najimdeen and Khan Faryal, “Peace and Sustainable Development” Development Advocate Pakistan.” Vol. 6, no 3 (September 2019) 1-26 ISBN: 978-969-8736-28-9
Books, Chapters and Edited Volumes
Bakare Najimdeen. Nigeria-Pakistan Relations: Contemporary Developments and Dynamics. London: Routledge, 2026.
Bakare Najimdeen, “Digital Platforms, Youth Activism, and Illiberal and Authoritarian Governance: The Case of Nigerian EndSARS Movement.” In Digital Technologies and Activism in Authoritarian Contexts and Beyond, edited by Zahid Shahab Ahmed, Shahram Akbarzadeh and Ihsan Yilmaz. (233-254). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2026. ISBN: 9781399550383
Bakare Najimdeen. “Dis/misinformation, Visibility Politics, Populism, and Digital Information: An analysis of Pre- and Post-2023 Nigerian General Election.” In Authoritarian Actors and Strategic Digital Information
Operations: The New Age of Manipulation, edited by Ihsan Yilmaz and Shahram Akbarzadeh. (45-61). New York: Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated, 2025. ISBN: 9781041043706
Adil Iqbal and Bakare Najimdeen. “Muslim Societies and the Rise of Artificial Intelligence: Impact, Challenges and the Way Forward.” In Disruptive Technologies in Islamic Countries and Muslim Societies, edited by Shahid Jameel and David Clary, (27-47). World Scientific Publishing – Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, 2025.
Bakare, Najimdeen and Adam Saud. China's Globalisation and the New World Order. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.
Bakare, Najimdeen. “Creating Policy Change in Infrastructural Development Discourse; The BRI in Tanzania during and post John Magufuli Presidency.” In China's Belt and Road Initiative in Africa: Aid Policies and Economic Development, edited by R. Mireille Manga Edimo and Julien Rajaoson. (343-357). Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.
Bakare, Najimdeen. “Russia’s Policy towards Afghanistan since 2001” In The Uncertain Future of Afghanistan: Terrorism, Reconstruction, and Great-power Rivalry, edited by Nian Peng and Khalid Rahman (125-141).
Singapore: Springer Book, 2024. 10.1007/978-981-972409-3
Bakare Najimdeen and Ojedokun Ayodele. “The law of armed conflict and the classification of the situation in Cabo Delgado as a non-international armed conflict,” In Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Conflict: International Humanitarian and Regional Security edited by Marko Svicevic and Martha Bradley, (85-99) London: Routledge, 2024.
Bakare Najimdeen. “Nation-Building Challenges in Contemporary Discourse: A Comparative Analysis of Nigeria and Pakistan” In NATION-BUILDING IN PAKISTAN PROSPECTS & CHALLENGES, edited by Syed Hassan Aftab and Maryam Siddiqa, (27-46). Islamabad: Iqbal International Institute for Research and Dialogue, 2023. 978-969-7576-92-0.
Bakare Najimdeen. Arab-Israel Normalisation - Global Perspective. London:Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Bakare Najimdeen. “Contradictions of Cosmopolitanism: Impacts on Diversity and Inclusion,” In Mexican Yearbook of Global Affairs, edited by Modesto Seara Vázquez and Alberto Lozano Vázquez, 2022, 77-94.
Bakare, Najimdeen. “Public Policy, Government Legitimacy, Covid-19 and Public Response: The Case of the Nigerian Government and Populace.” In Effective Public Administration Strategies for the New Normal Environment, edited by Perfecto G. Aquino Jr., Revenio C. Jalagat Jr. (141-155). Singapore: Springer Nature, 2022.
Bakare, Najimdeen. “European Union-Pakistan Relations: A Critique of Strategic Engagement Plan” In Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: Contemporary Developments and Dynamics, edited by Ghulam Ali. (193-208), London:
Routledge, 2022.
Bakare, Najimdeen. The Politics of Visibility and Invisibility in the Public Sphere: The Case of Nigerian Muslims. In ISLAMO-Nigeriana: On Being Muslim in Contemporary Nigeria: in Honour of Professor Dawud Olatokunbo Shittu Noibi, OBE, edited by Oloyede Is-haq, Muibi Opeloye, and Afis Oladosu. Ibadan: Pan-African University Press, 2022.
Bakare, Najimdeen China’s Attempt to Flatten the Un-flat World through Regional and Global Connectivity: An Analysis. In Contemporary Issues in Politics & International Relations, edited by Nesrin Kenar (21-40). IJOPEC Publications, 2021.
Bakare, Najimdeen. “The Saudi-led War on Qatar: Implications for Regional Congeniality and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East.” In Beyond Europe Central Asia, the Middle East and Global Economy edited by Tadeusz Wallas, Sang-Chul Park, Radosław Fiedler, and Przemysław Osiewicz. Berlin: Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH, 2020. 177-196. ISBN 978-3-83255224-4.
Bakare Najimdeen. “Religion and Conflict in a Globalised Cyber Sphere: Dynamics and Implications” In Fighting in God’s Name: Religion and Conflict in Local-Global Perspectives, edited by Adogame, A.; Olufunke Adeboye, O. A.; Corey L. Williams, C. L. W. 81-106. Lanham: Lexington Books. 2020. ISBN: 978-1-4985-3993-7.