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Matthew T. Page

@matthewtpage.bsky.social
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Author of 'Understanding #Kleptocracy' (OUP, 2025). Chatham House fellow focused on #corruption worldwide. Longtime #Nigeria watcher. Ex-State Department, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Mainer. Views mine. More: www.matthewtaylor.page

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Chatham House Africa @africaprog.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
🗨️ The #US’ December attack in #Nigeria was more symbolic than strategic. Using intelligence provided by Nigeria, the US fired cruise missiles at multiple sites in northern Nigeria. Read @matthewtpage.bsky.social’s @chathamhouse.org analysis: www.chathamhouse.org/2026/01/how-...
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How Nigeria flipped the script on Trump
The Nigerian government has skilfully managed to maintain good relations with Washington despite Trump’s threats and US air strikes on northern Nigeria.
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Matthew T. Page @matthewtpage.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
My latest: www.chathamhouse.org/2026/01/how-...
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How Nigeria flipped the script on Trump
The Nigerian government has skilfully managed to maintain good relations with Washington despite Trump’s threats and US air strikes on northern Nigeria.
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Matthew T. Page @matthewtpage.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🇳🇬 Check out my latest piece wit the Plato Group on the perils of Nigeria Fatigue and how to avoid it. I guarantee this piece will resonate with you whether or not you have been working on/in Nigeria for a long time or if you are just starting to focus on it. www.platogroup.co.uk/post/the-per...
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The Perils of Nigeria Fatigue
Matthew T. Page, the former U.S. intelligence community's top Nigeria expert, writes about the continued strategic importance of Nigeria and why investors, policymakers, and diplomats need to avoid Ni...
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Matthew T. Page @matthewtpage.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
<headdesk> www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Giving Tulip Siddiq anti-corruption job seen by insiders as own goal
Some in No 10 wish they had thought a bit more about how it looked before giving job to niece of ousted Bangladesh PM
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Matthew T. Page @matthewtpage.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Selling access. Toll-taking. It is early days, but the incoming administration is already generating headlines very familiar to this corruption/kleptocracy scholar: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...
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Trump aide sought payments from job seekers, internal legal review found
Boris Epshteyn used his proximity to the president-elect to benefit himself, a Trump legal review found. He denies the allegation.
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Matthew T. Page @matthewtpage.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Well, it was a good run. 12 years; 19k tweets, 33k followers. RIP Twitter me. Hello, 🦋 me!
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