As Syria's Kurds become more deeply embroiled in a war not of their making, this book is an essential point of reference. In mid-2012, Assad withdrew his troops from the major Kurdish areas in Syria - how will this play out in the wider civil war? Will the lines of the Middle East be redrawn based on the Syrian Kurds?
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.
Summary of the current debate about the nature of modern conflict, which analysts have been struggling to define since the end of the Cold War.
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.
A wide-ranging analysis of whether tribes and tribal identities are becoming more rather than less pronounced in the contemporary Middle East.
An investigation of our social and moral fragmentation and how the internet serves as a 'marketplace' for extreme religious and political ideas where self-worth, solidarity and belonging are easily obtained online.
The seemingly intractable Kashmir dispute and the fate of Kashmiris throughout South Asia and beyond are the twin themes in Snedden's meticulously researched book.
Reads the Qur'an in the context in which the verses were revealed, and, in doing so, highlights the relevance of its teachings today
First collection in English of poetry inspired by and inspiring the Taliban
An indispensable guide to the moral quandaries confronting those engaged in humanitarian action.
Covering Myanmar's political history, this work attempts to explain the country's politics in the light of the historical evolution of state-society relations in Myanmar since the pre-colonial kings, through the colonial era, and the third, post-colonial regime in this strategically important South East Asian nation.
A study of Islam, sectarianism and politics in Sudan since the Mahdiyya. It reveals that the determination to enforce an Islamic state and constitution on a multi-religious and multi-ethnic society led to prolonged civil war, endless military coups and political, social and economic bankruptcy.
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