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While governments are obliged to protect society and bring terrorists to justice, their effectiveness in tackling terrorism without undermining the support of the population for law and order or jeopardising basic liberties is paramount. This book points out, governments in many countries, from Putin's Russia and Fujimori's Peru to Italy in 1970s.

The debate surrounding Islamist violence remains locked in oppositional sterility. Is the suicide bomber a pathological case, as the psychologist maintains, or a clever strategist, as those steeped in the geopolitical approach claim? This book focuses on the variegated nature of the phenomenon. It describes the motivations of suicide attacks.

Written by a London police officer with a background in counter-terrorism, this book convincingly demonstrates that Western governments must listen to its Muslim citizens' grievances in order to combat terrorism.

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is the Muslim world's only intergovernmental body-the largest such system operating outside of the United Nations. This is the first history of the OIC.

The emergence of the modern Middle East has been accompanied by a concentration of coercive power in the state. This title examines systematically the practices of policing and incarceration in the modern Middle East, the emergence of modern policing and prisons and their continued predominance.

Outlines how Iran has successfully beguiled the international community for years, aided and abetted by China and Russia, both of which are eager to benefit commercially from Iran acquiring nuclear power. This work looks at Iran's nuclear programme in detail. It also retraces the history of Iran's nuclear project from the 1970s.

Kashmir has been a contested territory ever since the subcontinent was partitioned in 1947. Despite international attention focused on Kashmir, little is known about the Pakistan-administered Jammu & Kashmir (PAJK), which is at the centre of this study. The author is a winner of the European Commission Award for Human Rights and Democracy.

Includes an introduction by Elinor Sisulu, who reflects on her own and others' silence at the time of the killings, as they celebrated a independent Zimbabwe, and a foreword by Pius Ncube of Bulawayo, well known for his outspokenness and for his stand against the ongoing human rights violations by the government in Zimbabwe.

The fall of Saddam Hussein's regime may have marked a watershed in Iraqi history, but to the majority of Iraq's eighteen governorates, the most dramatic challenges may lie ahead. This title presents an overview of regionalism as a political force in contemporary Iraq.

In 1920, a massive uprising took place against British occupation of Mesopotamia. Iraq's Democratic Moment is the story of the long and passionate struggle of the Iraqi people to achieve the liberal democracy promised them by the constitution of their newly-created country.

A widely respected legal scholar, Islamist activist, and renowned host of al-Jazeera's most popular religious program, "Sharia and Life", Yusuf al-Qaradawi is an extremely controversial figure of contemporary Islamism. This book contains essays that initiate readers into his immensely influential speeches and thought.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union the Caucasus was wracked by ethnic and separatist violence as the peoples of the region struggled for self-determination. This book asks why nationalism emerged as a dominant political current, and why, of the many nationalist movements that emerged, some led to violence while others did not.

A fascinating biography, based on private family papers, of the Young Turks' very own "Lawrence of Arabia, " who later fell from grace with Kemal Atatürk

From the Arab Spring to the Spanish Indignados, from Occupy Wall Street in New York to Nuit Debout in Paris, contemporary protest bears the mark of citizenism, a libertarian and participatory brand of populism which appeals to ordinary citizens outraged at the arrogance of political and financial elites in the wake of the Great Recession. This book draws on 140 interviews with activists and participants in occupations and demonstrations to exp...

Analysis of both official and opposition Saudi divine politics is often monolithic, conjuring images of conservatism, radicalism, misogyny and resistance to democracy. Madawi Al-Rasheed challenges this stereotype as she examines a long tradition of engaging with modernism that gathered momentum with the Arab uprisings and incurred the wrath of both the regime and its Wahhabi supporters. With this nascent modernism, constructions of new divine ...

Bullets and Bulletins: Media and Politics in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings takes a sobering and holistic look at the intersections between media and politics before, during, and in the reverberations of the Arab uprisings. The strength of this volume lies in its multi-disciplinary approach to the topic, with the research backed up by in-depth and rigorous case studies of the key countries of the Arab Spring. The uprisings were accompanied by ...

Every year tens of millions of individuals suffer grave abuses of their human rights. These violations occur worldwide, in war-torn countries and in the wealthiest states. Despite many of the abuses being well-documented, little seems to be done to stop them from happening. The United Nations was established to safeguard world peace and security, development, and human rights yet it is undeniable that currently is it failing to protect the rig...

Offers a study of Islamic laws in Pakistan to show how the relationship between Islam, Islamic law and democracy is understood and, transformed in different cultural contexts.

This is a comparative study of French versus British approaches to aid.

The sea is becoming a favoured means of transit for criminal and terrorist activity. This book offers an analysis of maritime security in the 21st century.