Islamic Liberation Theology

Resisting the Empire

By Hamid Dabashi

This book is a radical piece of counter-intuitive rethinking of the clash of civilizations theory and global politics.

In this richly detailed criticism of contemporary...

Published May 12th 2008 by Routledge.

US Foreign Policy in the Middle East

The Roots of Anti-Americanism

By Kylie Baxter, Shahram Akbarzadeh

Over the last sixty years, Washington has been a major player in the politics of the Middle East. From Iran in the 1950s, to the Gulf...

Published April 25th 2008 by Routledge.

Turkey

Terrorism, Civil Rights, and the European Union

Edited by Yonah Alexander, Edgar H. Brenner, Serhat Tutuncuoglu Krause

How do democratic societies maintain the balance between civil rights and security while continuing the fight on global terrorism? This work raises this issue and...

Published April 25th 2008 by Routledge.

1997–2007

Edited by Lloyd Ridgeon

Previously published as a special issue of British Journal of Middle East Studies, this volume focuses on leading figures within Iran between 1997-2007 and their...

Published April 24th 2008 by Routledge.

A Paradigm for the Post-Colonial State

By Michael Rear

External intervention by the U.N. and other actors in ethnic conflicts has interfered with the state-building process in post-colonial states. Rear examines the 1991 uprisings...

Published April 23rd 2008 by Routledge.

Armed Groups, Disarmament and Security in a Post-War Society

By Michael Vinay Bhatia, Mark Sedra

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive assessment of small arms and security-related issues in post-9/11 Afghanistan. It includes case studies which reveal...

Published April 15th 2008 by Routledge.

Edited by Shmeul Sandler, Manfred Gerstenfeld, Jonathan Rynhold

The 2006 elections constitute a major redrawing of the political map in Israel due to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s exit from the Likud party and...

Published April 7th 2008 by Routledge.

An Analytical History

By Ibrahim Al-Marashi, Sammy Salama

This book provides the first comprehensive study of the evolution of the Iraqi military from the British mandate era to post-Baathist Iraq.

Ethnic and sectarian...

Published April 7th 2008 by Routledge.

Religion, Terror and Violence

Religious Studies Perspectives

Edited by Bryan Rennie, Philip L. Tite

September 11 and the subsequent War on Terror continues to cast a long shadow over the world. Religion, Terror and Violence brings together a group...

Published April 2nd 2008 by Routledge.

Afghanistan

Political Frailty and External Interference

By Nabi Misdaq

Afghan society is analyzed from a fresh standpoint in this book which discusses the country’s two and a half centuries of socio-political disquiet and outside...

Published April 1st 2008 by Routledge.