"This edited volume will collect a number of essays which propose and examines different though related critical responses to modern cultures of war among other cultural practices of statecraft. Taken together, these essays present a space of creative engagement with the politic…
Tracks the defining episodes in the relationship between India and Pakistan since 1998.
What motivates those who commit violence in the name of political beliefs? Terrorism today is not solely the preserve of Islam, nor is it a new phenomenon. It emerges from social processes and conditions common to societies throughout modern history, and the story of its origins…
"Turning to Political Violence, Sageman examines the history and theory of political violence in the West. He excavates primary sources surrounding key instances of modern political violence, looking for patterns across a range of case studies spanning the French Revolution, thr…
This volume examines and compares the changes in the appropriate parameters of freedom of speech in the counter-terrorism context since 9/11, focusing on the US, UK, and Australia.
For many years Malise Ruthven has been at the forefront of discerning commentary on the Islamic world and its relations with the predominantly secularised and Christian societies of the West. Well known for his bold interventions on such issues as the Rushdie affair and publicat…
