For sale in CIS only! The Hazaras of Afghanistan have borne the brunt of many of the destructive forces unleashed by the establishment of the Afghan monarchy in 1747. The history of their relationship with the Afghan state has been punctuated by fre...

For sale in CIS only! "The Great Game in West Asia" examines the strategic competition between Iran and Turkey for power and influence in the South Caucasus. These neighbouring Middle East powers have vied for supremacy and influence throughout the...

For sale in CIS only! How has ISIS been able to muster support far beyond its initial constituency in the Arab world and attract tens of thousands of foreign volunteers, including converts to Islam, and seemingly countless supporters online? In this...

For sale in CIS only! Long a recipient of migrants from its surrounding areas, the Arabian Peninsula today comprises a mosaic of communities of diverse ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious origins. For decades, while the Gulf Cooperation Counc...

For sale in CIS only! Why is Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, involved in a costly and merciless war against its mountainous southern neighbour Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East? When the Saudis attacked the hitherto obscu...

For sale in CIS only! Islamophobia in France is on the increase. Muslims are being subjected to unprecedented scrutiny of what they wear, eat and say. Racist acts and rhetoric are increasingly common. Leading public figures, meanwhile, continue to c...

For sale in CIS only! "From Independence to Revolution" tells the story of the complicated relationship between the Egyptian population and the nation's most prominent political opposition – the Islamist movement. Most commentators focus on the Musl...

For sale in CIS only! In 1977, R.W. Johnson's bestselling "How Long Will South Africa Survive?" offered a controversial and highly original analysis of the survival prospects of the apartheid regime. Now, after more than two decades of the ANC in go...

For sale in CIS only! Spared by the Arab revolts, Bouteflika's Algeria continues to intrigue observers. How does its political system function? Who really governs? Who are behind the protests? How strong are the Islamists? Are there alternatives to...

For sale in CIS only! When the Berlin Wall crumbled in 1989, a euphoric continent hailed the advent of a new "borderless" Europe in which such barriers would become obsolete. More than twenty-five years later, in the midst of the continent's worst r...