JOHN O. IFEDIORA

John O. Ifediora is President of the Council on African Security and Development. He previously held the position of Director and Editor-in-Chief at the council until July, 2020, and is currently on the faculty of New York University, Washington, DC, and Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin. He is a practicing economist, and an International Human Rights lawyer with expertise on public policy analysis, law and economics, and development economics. In recent years he lectured widely in his fields of specialty at American University in Washington, DC, and various universities in the United States, Europe, and Africa; and has served as a consultant to governments in Africa, and to state governments in the United States.