Are weak states more conspicuous in troubled regions like the Middle East or does their continued existence suggest that they have cards to play with their bigger and more bellicose neighbours?
A finely tuned investigation of why the Tamils of Sri Lanka and of India took such divergent paths in their respective political evolution.
Is African Christianity a religious marketplace now dominated by only two big players, the Catholic Church and Pentecostals?
This portrait of Somali life in Nairobi counters much of the recent media hype about East- leigh's role as a safe haven for Al-Shabaab and focuses instead on its function as an African economic hub.
A probing enquiry into Sino-Tibetan relations, both at the level of high politics and everyday interactions.
This revelatory investigation of Bin Laden's tape archive suggests that much of the received wisdom about al-Qa'ida's early years has to be reconsidered in light of this new evidence.
The product of three years research in Saudi Arabia on what Wahhabism means to those whose lives are governed by its formidably strict tenets.
This history of the Crimea is essential reading for all those who have been perplexed by what lies behind Russia's recent annexation of the Black Sea peninsula.
Collection of writings about Syria written from the Islamic perspective
This lively account of Nepal's recent history conveys the complexities of life in its better-known Himalayan regions as well as in the Terai, or foothills.
Shi'ism in South East Asia is the first book in any language to engage critically with the traditions of 'Alid piety. It provides an engaging work that moves away from the polemical sectarian discourses on shi'ism in southeast Asia.
The book investigates the rise, fall and possible re-emergence of a powerful Shia militia. The author draws on personal experience of occupied Baghdad, having been embedded with US troops in the city, to offer new evidence on an important chapter in modern Iraqi history.
The book gives an account of how Qatar has punched above its weight in international affairs by dint of its enormous wealth and ambitions in the Middle East, and how this has conditioned its response to the Arab Spring. The author shows how Qatari leaders seized upon the crisis of the Arab Spring to boost their regional and international influence.
A discussion of how Muslim NGOs function and their global impact in disaster relief and development that challenges stereotypes that Muslim NGOs are simply fronts for jihadist networks or backers of resistance groups.
'Autumn of the Matriarch' is the first book to focus on Indira Gandhi's last years in power, offering a revealing political history that sheds light on the successes and failures of her last four years in office and highlighting the legacy of Gandhi's leadership in today's India.
A political biography of Gujarat and the chief minister who has run it for twelve years - the man now adopted as the BJP's prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Indian election.
A candid appraisal of the challenges and consequences of leaving Islam, drawing on interviews conducted in Britain and Canada.
The contributors to this book scrutinise the legitimacy of the Arab regimes that experienced popular uprisings in 2010-2011 and discuss the consequences of public disenchantment with them.
The mythologising of Tibet in the West and the Himalyan state's subsequent abandonment to China are recounted in this briskly-paced and revealing new history.
This new biography of Noel Field suggests he may have spied both for the Soviet Union and for the United States.
A dissection of the 'special relationship' that reveals how the British perennially delude themselves about their place in America's strategic order.
Tiny Qatar projects influence globally via massive overseas investments and its involvement in foreign affairs. This book explains why.
Philosophical consideration of genocide
A former senior mujahidin fighter teams up with an ex-counter terrorism analyst in this remarkable account from the frontlines of the jihad
A thoroughly revised new edition of this classic history of Madeira - arguably the world's longest-lived wine - by the leading authority on the subject.
An original conceptual exploration of Shanghai which examines the emergence today of the 'City of Tomorrow'.
A remarkable anthropological study of Pashtun Afghan merchants that tells us much about how trading diasporas function in an era of globalisation.
A sober analysis of the risks and benefits of engaging with armed groups proscribed as terrorist and the sometimes contradictory impact of counterterrorist policies.
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