Pakistan And The Emergence Of Islamic Militancy In Afghanistan
Author/editor: Hussain, Rizwan
Year published: 2005
Pakistan's interaction with Afghanistan was to an extent influenced and fashioned by the historical legacy of pre-1947 Afghan-British Indian relations. This intriguing study explores how the Pakistan Army's involvement with the Afghan islamists became integrated with the Pakistani elites' post-Cold…
The Paradoxical Kingdom Saudi Arabia and the Momentum of Reform
Author/editor: Champion, Daryl
Year published: 2005
The major player in the OPEC international oil industry cartel, Saudi Arabia is also the homeland of the Prophet Muhammad and the center of the Muslim world with the most sacred Islamic sites located in and around the cities of Mecca and Madina. To the non-Saudi, the kingdom appears remarkably calm…
Islamic Perspectives on the New Millennium
Author/editor: Virginia Hooker, Saikal A
Year published: 2004
The early years of the twenty-first century have been characterized by a sense of widespread anxiety and fear because of the violent activities of groups of terrorists who claim they act in the name of Islam. Their acts of terrorism, viewed by a majority in the Muslim world as crimes which must be…
Modern Afghanistan: A History of Struggle and Survival 2004
Author/editor: Saikal, A
Year published: 2004
Amin Saikal provides a new approach to understanding a region which is now at the center of international attention. Pushed to the forefront of world politics by the Soviet invasion of 1979, followed by murderous civil war in the 1980s, and then the establishment of the Taliban regime that resulted…
Democratization in the Middle East : Experiences, struggles, challenges
Author/editor: Saikal A. & Schnabel, A.
Year published: 2003
A rough journey : nascent democratization in the Middle East / Albrecht Schnabel Democratic peace, conflict prevention, and the United Nations Democratization and peacebuilding / Albrecht Schnabel Toward a democratic peace in the Middle East / Etel Solingen The United Nations and the Middle…
Islam and the West Conflict or Cooperation?
Author/editor: Saikal, A
Year published: 2003
A broad-ranging assessment of relations between the Muslim and Western worlds in the contemporary era set in the context of the way these have evolved historically. Arguing that the relations have been marked by long periods of peaceful coexistence, but also by many instances of tension, hostility…
Palestinian Refugees: Mythology, Identity, and the Search for Peace
Author/editor: Bowker, Robert
Year published: 2003
Encompassing history, politics, and political culture, Robert Bowker explores the impact of Palestinian refugee mythologies on the potential settlement of the conflict with Israel. Bowker examines the nature of Palestinian refugee mythologies and their social and political underpinnings. He also…