Dr Samuel Oyewole is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the African Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS) and Ocean Regions Programme of the 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, defense and strategic studies, crisis management, ocean governance, development, studies, and International Relations.

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 authorof Utilitarianism in Outer Space: Space Policy, Socioeconomic Development and Security Strategies in Nigeria and South Africa (Springer, 2024) and co-editor of Power Politics in Africa: Nigeria and South Africa in Comparative Perspective (Cambridge Scholar, 2020); Boko Haram’s Campaign of Terror in Nigeria: Context, Dimensions and Emerging Trajectories (Routledge, 2021); Armed Banditry in Nigeria: Evolution, Dynamics and Trajectories (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024); The Political Economy of Kidnapping and Insecurity in Nigeria (Springer, 2024).