The “two-state solution” is the official policy of Israel, the United States, the United Nations, and the Palestinian Authority alike. However, international relations scholar Mehran Kamrava argues that Israel’s “state-building”…
Considered the gold standard on interest group politics, this book “The Interest Group Society” analyzes interest groups within the intuitive framework of democratic theory. Readers gain an understanding of the…
For much the Middle East’s contemporary history, the Persian Gulf has stood at the center of the region’s strategic significance, while being wracked by political instability and tension. In the…
The increased visibility of the Irish novel in recent years has been one of the outstanding developments in contemporary Irish literature. This development has coincided with a period of significant…
These memoirs, “The Last Khedive of Egypt: Memoirs of Abbas Hilmi II“, dictated by Abbas II, provides a window on the mechanics of the strained relations between the sovereign and…
A succinct and authoritative overview of the making of the modern Middle East, Mehran Kamrava’s book “The Modern Middle East” brings a valuable mix of historical perspectives and contemporary analysis…
During the 2003 War in Iraq, American news media found it difficult to convey their pro-war perspective outside the United States. Since the war was unpopular in many parts of…
Drawing on a rich pragmatist tradition, this book “The normative and the Natural” offers an account of the different kinds of ‘oughts’, or varieties of normativity, that we are subject…
The nuclear age is coming to the Middle East. Understanding the scope and motivations for this development and its implications for global security is essential. The last decade has witnessed…
This book is concerned with the study of poetics; the science that is concerned with those abstract characteristics that make the uniqueness of a literary event, the science that studies…
Change occurs rapidly in the Persian Gulf. While some states have capitalized on the fast-paced nature of globalized fiscal transactions and have become important markets for foreign investment, others have…
The Politics of Caste in West Bengal offers for the first time a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the making and maintenance of a modern caste society in colonial and…
