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Democracy and Dictatorship in South Asia
ABC-CLIO 2000; US$ 175.00In reaction to British imperialism during the 19th and 20th centuries, Indian Muslims and Hindus imagined and invented their separate and distinct religious communities and communal nationalisms. These were institutionalized in the subcontinent's political systems by the British government in collaboration with Indian politicians. Stern argues that... more...
Indian Ocean Region
Springer 2010; US$ 129.99The Indian Ocean region is arguably one of the world's least understood, yet its importance in geopolitics and international relations is greater than ever before. This book explores the concepts of regime theory, regional orders and ocean governance to critically assess the effectiveness of maritime regimes, something that not been attempted before... more...
Religion and Security in South and Central Asia
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 148.00Religion and security play an important role in traditional societies. In South and Central Asia, traditional and moderate Islamic beliefs and practices with strong indigenous and Sufi content are diametrically opposed to radical Wahabi and Taliban brands of Islam intolerant of other cultures and groups. The emergence of radical extremist and violent... more...
Riding the Outlaw Trail
Eye Books 2011; US$ 9.99Two men retrace the notorious pair's footsteps, covering thousands of miles of hazardous country on horseback and discovering how little has changed from the saddle in the last 100 years Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the last of the legendary outlaws, were captured on daguerreotype, romanced in fiction, and immortalized on film... more...
Institutions and Ideologies
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 53.95Informative, timely and accessible introduction to the study of South Asia by leading scholars in the field. more...
Avoiding Armageddon
Brookings Institution Press 2013; US$ 27.95India and Pakistan will be among the most important countries in the twenty-first century. In Avoiding Armageddon , Bruce Riedel clearly explains the challenge and the importance of successfully managing America's affairs with these two emerging powers and their toxic relationship. Born from the British Raj, the two nations share a common heritage,... more...
Connections and Complexity
Left Coast Press 2013; US$ 89.00This compilation of original research articles highlight the important cross-regional, cross-chronological, and comparative approaches to political and economic landscapes in ancient South Asia and its neighbors. Focusing on the Indus Valley period and Iron Age India, this volume incorporates new research in South Asia within the broader universe... more...
Deep Currents and Rising Tides
Georgetown University Press 2013; US$ 32.95The Indian Ocean region has rapidly emerged as a hinge point in the changing global balance of power, and the geographic nexus of economic and security issues with vital global consequences. The security of energy supplies, persistent poverty and its contribution to political extremism, piracy and related threats to seaborne trade, competing nuclear... more...
Global South Asians
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 29.00By the end of the twentieth century some nine million people of South Asian descent had left India, Bangladesh or Pakistan and settled in different parts of the world, forming a diverse modern diaspora. This is the story of how they constructed new communities overseas and their often painful experiences. more...









