Complexities to our west

Mr Ahmad looks closely at India's interactions with the region and this has much new information as also an analytical and policy perspective of great value

West Asia At War: Repression, Resistance and Great Power Games 

Author: Talmiz Ahmad

Publisher: Harper Collins

Pages: 544

Price: Rs 799

During his career as a diplomat Talmiz Ahmad stood out as the most prominent Indian “Arabist” of his generation. The experience gained from his years spent in West Asia and the Gulf were combined with a deep scholarly interest in the countries to which he was posted or dealt with while in the Ministry of External Affairs. Since his retirement that reputation has been burnished. In his avatar as an academic and a writer, Mr Ahmad’s books and shorter works in both scholarly and