Classic writing on war in the modern age of non-state actors, etc
The first history of one of the nineteenth century's greatest natural calamities, its political context and its impact on colonial India.
Laessing's fast-paced, on-the-ground narrative reveals what really happened in the run up to and aftermath of Gaddafi's ouster.
The extraordinary story of how a small, poor country became a nuclear power--and why we will have to live with it.
Confronts the dangerous policies of contemporary governments which blur the line between military and political activity
What does the biggest geopolitical project of our time tell us about China’s global ambitions?
A definitive political history of Tunisia's moderate Islamist 'Renaissance Party'.
The book gives an account of how Qatar has punched above its weight in international affairs by dint of its enormous wealth and ambitions in the Middle East, and how this has... Læs mere
A probing reflection on how silence and complicity in the face of mass violence affects a society for decades.
This fascinating history through the ages is essential reading for all those seeking the background to Russia and Ukraine’s war in the Black Sea peninsula.
The product of three years research in Saudi Arabia on what Wahhabism means to those whose lives are governed by its formidably strict tenets.