In recent years, the world order has been rocked by an explosive, unexpected and extraordinary phenomenon: political Islam. Beginning in the early 1970s, militants revolted against the regimes in power across the Muslim world and exacerbated political conflicts internationally. Their jihad-or 'Holy Struggle - aimed to establish a global Islamic state based solely on a strict interpretation of t…
"Democratic Transitions in Asia" focuses on political changes in the Asian region. Since the 1997 economic crisis, countries of the region are seeing greater demands for the accountability of leaders. Symbolic of the region's continuing struggle for democratisation, the President of South Korea, Kim Dae Jung was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000, joining other recent Asian Nobel laureates, …
Governing Singapore provides the most useful and up-to-date account of Singapore's political history since the accession to power of the People's Action Party in 1959, and in particular the performance of its governments since mid- 1965 under Prime Ministers Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong.
This book examines the roots of the frustration and resentment that exist throughout the Islamic world today, and why this anger has increasingly been expressed in acts of terrorism. Contents: Defining Islam ; The House of War ; From Crusaders to Imperialists ; Discovering America ; Satan and The Soviets ; Double Standards ; A Failure of Modernity ; The Marriage of Saudi Power and Wa…
The book is a compilation of papers on these issues presented by distinguished participants drawn from the fields of diplomacy, academics and journalism at an international seminar organised by the Indian Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) and the Indian Council for World Affairs (ICWA). It provides an in-depth look at State Sovereignty - its concept, relevance and limits which i…
This book containing in the new millennium, there is a growing realisation that the concept of security can no longer be confined to the narrow landscape of the military-strategic concerns of the state. The focus is increasingly shifting to human security, which centres on ordinary people and their security needs. This conception encompasses a broad and comprehensive realm that includes militar…
This careful and well-informed study by a leading sociologist explores key questions about Morocco and its relations with the Western Sahara. The strategies of the main actors are discussed, and the underlying game theories that explain their actions are analysed in regional and international contexts. The geopolitical dimension of the present situation is explored, in terms of the ever-present…
This careful and well-informed study by a leading sociologist explores key questions about Morocco and its relations with the Western Sahara. The strategies of the main actors are discussed, and the underlying game theories that explain their actions are analysed in regional and international contexts. The geopolitical dimension of the present situation is explored, in terms of the ever-present…