24/02/2026
Governance Before Guns: Why Institutional Coherence Determines Security Outcomes
By Prof. O.E. Bassey In moments of national insecurity, the instinctive response of many states is expansion, more troops, more weapons, more surveillance systems, more emergency powers. The assumption is straightforward: insecurity is a force problem; therefore, it requires a force solution. History, however, suggests something more sobering. Security outcomes are not determined primarily by the volume of weapons deployed but by the coherence of the institutions directing them....
By Prof. O.E. Bassey In moments of national insecurity, the instinctive response of many states is expansion, more troops, more weapons, more surveillance systems, more emergency powers. The assump…
