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Professor P R Kumaraswamy is Honorary Director of MEI@ND.
64-0! It should be an impressive vote in any country, especially in Israel, where a simple parliamentary majority has been elusive since the State was
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Read More »Professor Bernard Lewis—a towering personality on the Middle Eastern academic landscape—passed away on Saturday in Voorhees, New Jersey, j
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Read More »in Poland on 2 August 1923, Szymon Persk who later Hebraised his name as Shimon Peres was the leader of the pre-state Israeli leadership. After a brie
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Read More »For a long time, India’s relationship with its extended neighbourhood in the Persian Gulf was characterised very simply by energy imports and mi
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Read More »Book: The Palgrave Handbook of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Edited by P. R. Kumaraswamy Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019 To order &nbs
Read More »New Book: Political Violence in MENA Authors: Edited by P R Kumaraswamy and Md. Muddassir Quamar Publisher: KW PUBLISHERS, 2020 ISBN: 9789389
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Read More »Squaring the Circle: Mahatma Gandhi and the Jewish National Home Author: P. R. Kumaraswamy Publisher: Knowledge World, India Year of Publicat
Read More »Book: Islamic Movements in the Middle East: Ideologies, Practices and Political Participation Edited by P. R. Kumaraswamy, Md. Muddassir Quamar and
Read More »New Book: Persian Gulf 2020: India’s Relations with the Region Authors: P R Kumaraswamy, Md. Muddassir Quamar and Sameena Hameed Publisher
Read More »New Book: Facets of India’s Security: Essays for C. Uday Bhaskar Author/s: Edited by P.R. Kumaraswamy Publisher: Routledge India, 2021.
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Read More »India's Saudi policy:Bridge to the Future Authors: P. R. Kumaraswamy, Md. Muddassir Quamar Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan eBook ISBN:
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Read More »Persian Gulf 2014: India’s Relations with the Region Editor: P. R. Kumaraswamy Publisher: Sage Publishing Year of Publication: 2015
Read More »Book Title: China and the Middle East: The Quest for Influence Book Editor: P R Kumaraswamy Chapter Title: The Middle Kingdom Meets the Middle E
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Read More »India’s Israel Policy Author: P. R. Kumaraswamy Publisher: Columbia University Press Year of Publication: 2010 ISBN: 9780231152044
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