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Iran; the Looming Crisis
Profile 2010; US$ 15.98In August 2002 the National Council of the Resistance in Iran (NCRI) revealed in Washington to a stunned world how advanced Irans nuclear programme was. And in September 2009 US President Barack Obama exposed yet another clandestine nuclear site there, bringing the possibility of a nuclear arsenal ever closer. For seven fruitless years the international... more...
Iran, The Green Movement and the USA
Zed Books 2010; US$ 26.95Iran, the Green Movement and the USA presents the paradox that the USA faces in dealing with Iran over its nuclear armament: negotiate, and legitimize Ahmadinejads otherwise troubled presidency; resort to sanctions or military strikes, and altogether destroy the budding civil rights campaign of the Green Movement. Either way, as leading Iranian... more...
Political Islam, Iran, and the Enlightenment
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 24.00Argues that the discourse of political Islam has strong connections to important, disturbing currents in Western philosophy and intellectual trends. more...
Reading Asian Art and Artifacts
Lehigh University Press 2011; US$ 34.99Asian art and material artifacts are expressive of cultural realities and constitute a 'visible language' with messages that can be read, interpreted, and analyzed. These essays by scholars of Asian art, philosophy, anthropology, and religion focus on objects held in ASIANetwork schools. The collections are reflective of Asian societies, historical... more...
Revolutionary Ideology and Islamic Militancy
I.B.Tauris 2009; US$ 97.00The 'war on terror' tends to circumscribe crucial developments in the Islamic world within a narrow definition of 'Islamic terrorism'. This partial and incomplete perspective fails to comprehend the links between today's scenario and the Iranian revolution of 1979 - a revolution fought in the name of God and spearheaded by religious... more...
Becoming Asia
Stanford University Press 2011; US$ 29.95At the conclusion of World War II, Asia was hardly more than a geographic expression. Yet today we recognize Asia as a vibrant and assertive region, fully transformed from the vulnerable nation-states that emerged following the Second World War. The transformation was by no means an inevitable one, but the product of two key themes that have dominated... more...
South Asia's Weak States
Stanford University Press 2010; US$ 27.95A comprehensive assessment of the multifaceted security challenges faced by the South Asian states by linking it to the weak state problem of the region. more...
Asia Alone
Wiley 2011; US$ 29.95An insightful examination of the changing relationship between Asia and the United States In this lucidly written and thought-provoking book, author Simon Tay highlights the accelerating trends that point to Asia increasingly forging its own path, independent of the United States. He also describes the fundamental changes and new policy directions... more...
How Asia Can Shape the World
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2010; US$ 74.90Asia will redraw the map of economic progress over the next twenty-five years. Growth is necessary to solve economic and social problems, but harder to achieve as the age of plenty gives way to the age of scarcities. The challenge opens the doors for an Asian economic model based on shifting of productivity for the individual to groups, ecological... more...
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 125.00The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an international organization comprised of the eight countries in South Asia. This work aims examine the institutional structure, objectives and effectiveness of the SAARC in its role as South Asia?s leading regional institution. Drawing on original research it offers a fresh and... more...









