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A finely tuned investigation of why the Tamils of Sri Lanka and of India took such divergent paths in their respective political evolution.

Is African Christianity a religious marketplace now dominated by only two big players, the Catholic Church and Pentecostals?

This portrait of Somali life in Nairobi counters much of the recent media hype about East- leigh's role as a safe haven for Al-Shabaab and focuses instead on its function as an African economic hub.

A history of an ancient Sahelian kingdom whose hinterland is now being laid waste by the Boko Haram insurgency.

A probing enquiry into Sino-Tibetan relations, both at the level of high politics and everyday interactions.

This revelatory investigation of Bin Laden's tape archive suggests that much of the received wisdom about al-Qa'ida's early years has to be reconsidered in light of this new evidence.

The product of three years research in Saudi Arabia on what Wahhabism means to those whose lives are governed by its formidably strict tenets.

This history of the Crimea is essential reading for all those who have been perplexed by what lies behind Russia's recent annexation of the Black Sea peninsula.

A look at freethinkers via the Muslim perspective

Collection of writings about Syria written from the Islamic perspective

This lively account of Nepal's recent history conveys the complexities of life in its better-known Himalayan regions as well as in the Terai, or foothills.

As Syria's Kurds become more deeply embroiled in a war not of their making, this book is an essential point of reference. In mid-2012, Assad withdrew his troops from the major Kurdish areas in Syria - how will this play out in the wider civil war? Will the lines of the Middle East be redrawn based on the Syrian Kurds?

Shi'ism in South East Asia is the first book in any language to engage critically with the traditions of 'Alid piety. It provides an engaging work that moves away from the polemical sectarian discourses on shi'ism in southeast Asia.

The book investigates the rise, fall and possible re-emergence of a powerful Shia militia. The author draws on personal experience of occupied Baghdad, having been embedded with US troops in the city, to offer new evidence on an important chapter in modern Iraqi history.

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 conditioned its response to the Arab Spring. The author shows how Qatari leaders seized upon the crisis of the Arab Spring to boost their regional and international influence.

A discussion of how Muslim NGOs function and their global impact in disaster relief and development that challenges stereotypes that Muslim NGOs are simply fronts for jihadist networks or backers of resistance groups.

'Autumn of the Matriarch' is the first book to focus on Indira Gandhi's last years in power, offering a revealing political history that sheds light on the successes and failures of her last four years in office and highlighting the legacy of Gandhi's leadership in today's India.

A political biography of Gujarat and the chief minister who has run it for twelve years - the man now adopted as the BJP's prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Indian election.

The Indian Ocean was first venue of global trade, connecting the Mediterranean and South China. This book offers an anthropological and historical examination of the impact of maritime trade on wider society - as a conveyor of goods, but also of ideas and peoples.

A candid appraisal of the challenges and consequences of leaving Islam, drawing on interviews conducted in Britain and Canada.

The literature on the 'developing world' is dominated by narratives of state failure, but few analysts have, until now, addressed why some of them turn it around.

The contributors to this book scrutinise the legitimacy of the Arab regimes that experienced popular uprisings in 2010-2011 and discuss the consequences of public disenchantment with them.

The mythologising of Tibet in the West and the Himalyan state's subsequent abandonment to China are recounted in this briskly-paced and revealing new history.

This new biography of Noel Field suggests he may have spied both for the Soviet Union and for the United States.

A dissection of the 'special relationship' that reveals how the British perennially delude themselves about their place in America's strategic order.

Tiny Qatar projects influence globally via massive overseas investments and its involvement in foreign affairs. This book explains why.

Summary of the current debate about the nature of modern conflict, which analysts have been struggling to define since the end of the Cold War.

Philosophical consideration of genocide

A former senior mujahidin fighter teams up with an ex-counter terrorism analyst in this remarkable account from the frontlines of the jihad