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April 30, 2013

Examining globalization in the Middle East, this book provides a much needed assessment of the impact of globalization in the ‘greater’ Middle East, including North Africa, in the context of the powerful geopolitical forces at work in shaping the region today. Written by a well-known authority in this area, this book demonstrates that, unlike in […]

April 20, 2013

China is rising. But how should the West – and the United States in particular – respond? This could be the key geopolitical question of the twenty-first century, according to strategic expert Hugh White, with huge implications for the future security and prosperity of the West as a whole. The China Choice confronts this fundamental […]

April 18, 2013

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has developed into a key regional security group in Asia, its member states representing no less than “half of humanity”. Alarmists believe that the SCO is making itself into a NATO of the East, thus posing a long-term threat to the West. Moreover, several members are key players in economic […]

March 2, 2013

In this new edition of his acclaimed book, Olivier Roy examines the political development of Central Asia, from the Russian conquests to the ‘War on Terror’ and beyond.During the anti-Gorbachev coup in August 1991, most communist leaders from Soviet Central Asia backed the plotters. Within weeks of the coup’s collapse, these very same leaders – […]

January 3, 2013

The universe of militant groups in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP), near the Afghan border, is far more complex and diverse than is commonly understood. While these groups share many ideological and historical characteristics, the militants have very different backgrounds, tribal affiliations, and strategic concepts that are key to […]

December 28, 2012

Gaza in Crisis is Noam Chomsky’s clear-sighted analysis of an area in a desperate impasse. From the targeting of schools and hospitals, to the indiscriminate use of white phosphorus, Israel’s conduct in ‘Operation Cast Lead’ has rattled even some of its most strident supporters. In Gaza in Crisis, Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé survey the […]

December 5, 2012

Geopolitics and Empire examines the relations between two phenomena that are central to modern conceptions of international relations. Geopolitics is the understanding of the inter-relations between empires, states, individuals, private companies, NGOs and multilateral agencies as these are expressed and shaped spatially. This view of the world achieved notoriety as the scientific basis claimed by […]

November 10, 2012

This new book provides fresh and in-depth perspectives on so-called ‘resource wars’. Highlighting the multiple forms of violence accompanying the history of resources exploitation, business practices supporting predatory regimes, insurgent groups and terrorists, this is an authoritative guide to the struggle for control of the world’s resources. It includes key conceptual chapters and covers a wide […]

July 25, 2012

These papers examine the history behind Turkey’s application for EU membership. The contributors tackle the thorny issues of Cyprus, Turkey’s attitude towards a common defence policy and Turkish parliamentarians’ views on the nation’s relations with the European Union.

April 3, 2012

This book was published in 2006 by Jeffrey Goldberg and it is about two men who met in 1990 during the first Palestinian uprising. One was an American Jew who was a prison guard in the largest prison in Israel, while the other was his prisoner, Rafiq, a who was a rising leader in the […]

Category: Central Asia

Globalization and Geopolitics in the Middle East: Old games, new rules (Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series)

The China Choice: Why We Should Share Power

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Eurasian Geopolitics: New Directions, Perspectives, and Challenges

The New Central Asia: Geopolitics and the Creation of Nations’

Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion

Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel’s War Against the Palestinians

Geopolitics and Empire: The Legacy of Halford Mackinder (Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies Series)

The Geopolitics of Resource Wars (Routledge Studies in Geopolitics)

Book: “Turkey and the European Union: Domestic Politics, Economic Integration and International Dynamics”

Book: “Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide”

Libya hit by apocalyptic floods

شهادات صادمة لمهاجرين والسلطات التونسية

The Senegalese authorities investigate videos of armed civilians during the protests

A site in Zawiya city has been bombed with the use of drones

Libyan Court Sentences 23 Jihadists to Death for involvement with Islamic State

Libya hit by apocalyptic floods

The Senegalese authorities investigate videos of armed civilians during the protests

A site in Zawiya city has been bombed with the use of drones