Political Musings - Turmoil in the Middle East


Author: Dr Sanu Kainikara

Pages: 178

Format: Hardback

ISBN: 9789385563539

Size: 6 * 9

Publication Date: Apr 2016

Price:     795/-

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This book is a collection of 14 essays written through the year 2015 and reflect the events that have influenced the Middle-East and South Asia during the period. The sub-title, ‘Turmoil in the Middle-East’, indicates that a majority of the essays are focused on that region, although two essays examine troublesome incidents that took place in Bangladesh and Pakistan. A number of the essays were also published in the Eurasia Review, where they received critical acclaim and generated some debate and discussion. The primary objective of the essays has been to analyse contemporary events and to delineate the influence that they would have on the nations of the region and also on the international community. In today’s interconnected world, it is not possible for any single nation to remain isolated and unaffected by the major events in another part of the world. The analysis of the events that took place in the Middle-East demonstrates this truism like no other.

About the Author

Dr Sanu Kainikara is an ex-fighter pilot of the Indian Air Force and currently a practising Military Strategist residing in Canberra, Australia. He holds a Master of Science degree in Defence and Strategic Studies from the University of Madras, and his PhD in International Politics was awarded by the University of Adelaide in Australia. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of New South Wales and the inaugural Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Regional Security. Dr Kainikara is the author of 11 books on national security and strategy, military forces and air power. He is a keen student of Indian history and is in the process of writing the history of India in a series of books titled From Indus to Independence: A Trek through Indian History. The first three volumes of the series have already been published and the fourth is nearing completion. He has also published a collection of political essays titled The Asian Crucible. He is a regular contributor to the Eurasia Review. Sanu is the author of numerous papers on international politics, national security issues, and security strategy that have been published in reputed international journals; and has presented papers, on invitation, in a number of International Conferences around the world.

 

Table of Content

Authors Preface,

INTRODUCTION ;

1. THE KING IS DEAD-LONG LIVE THE KING SAUDI ARABIA: A LEGACY OF FOREIGN POLICY BLUNDERS;

2. THE WAR IN YEMEN ANOTHER POWDER KEG BLOWS UP;

3. YEMEN WHO IS FIGHTING WHOM, AND WHY?;

4. BANGLADESH BEING SWALLOWED BY INACTION ;

5. PAKISTAN STUCK IN A CUL-DE-SAC;

6. SAUDI ARABIA CHARTING A COMPLEX COURSE;

7. TURKEY ENTERS THE MAELSTROM;

8. THE IMPROBABILITY OF PEACE IN SYRIA;

9. AFGHANISTAN: FRAGILE AND FORGOTTEN;

10. THE ISLAMIC STATE -UNDERSTANDING AND COUNTERING ITS STRAGEY;

11. RUSSIA IN THE MIDDLE-EAST: ALTERING THE GEOSTRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT;

12. TURKEY – AT A CRITICAL JUNCTURE;

13. A METHOD TO MADNESS? TURKEY SHOOTS DOWN A RUSSIAN FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

14. THE MIDDLE-EAST: AN OPEN PANDORA’S BOX;

CONCLUSION