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- What if the sun truly is setting on the Western world's outsized influence over the rest of the planet? - The receding of Western power is speeding up, shaking the ground under our feet- In Westlessness, Dr Puri vividly demonstrates how in demographic, economic, military and cultural terms, we are hurtling into a far more diverse global future- Many of our certainties about the present, built on centuries of massive Western global impact, ar...

Russia's Road to War with Ukraine is a concise entry-level account of the path to the conflict that now dominates our headlines. It offers an objective and lively narrative, peppered with eye-witness accounts, of the key moments of drama leading to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

A masterful, thought-provoking, and wide-ranging study of how the vestiges of the imperial era shape society today.In this groundbreaking narrative, The Shadows of Empire explains (in the vein of The Silk Roads and Prisoners of Geography) how the world's imperial legacies still shape our lives-as well as the thorniest issues we face today. For the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn't mean we don't feel their...

An excellent read.' -- Robert D. KaplanFor the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn't mean we don't feel their presence rumbling through history. The Great Imperial Hangover examines how the world's imperial legacies are still shaping the thorniest issues we face today. From Russia's incursions in the Ukraine to Brexit, from Trump's 'America-first' policy to China's forays into Africa, from Modi's India to the...

A history and analysis explaining how the aftermath of former empires shapes the international political dynamic today. *Also appeared in April Buyer's Notes*

For the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn't mean we don't feel their presence rumbling through history. The Great Imperial Hangover examines how the world's imperial legacies are still shaping the thorniest issues we face today. From Russia's incursions in the Ukraine to Brexit, from Trump's 'America-first policy' to China's forays into Africa, from Modi's India to the hotbed of the Middle East, Puri provid...

This book examines Pakistan's strategies in the war against Islamist armed groups that began late 2001, following the 9/11 attacks.