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The resurgence of militant Islam highlighted by the massive terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on September 11, 2001 is a far more complex and dangerous phenomenon than is often suggested by the analysts who reduce these developments to no more than an intensification of the role of religion. The recent terrorist attacks on New York and Washington have highlighted the problem in its most brutal manifestation. The Call of Jihad is an attempt to ...
India’s ties with Arab and African countries are rooted in history. Even before India became independent the ties with the countries in the region were close. Commercial relations were reinforced by the common experience of the struggle for freedom. Independent India’s diplomacy in the region stems from the expectations of the people on the dawn of independence in their countries and the policy of non-alignment based on friendship and high principles ...
The book is an assessment of the role played by the United Nations since its inception. It is about how the UN has operated since its foundation in 1945, its achievements, its equally notable failures and about its relevance in facing the current challenges in the context of a new global order. Above all, it is an exploration of how to view the independent character of the UN, whose place in the new millennium has not been as effective as that envisaged by its ...
Contemporary world politics is fluctuating between States trying to assert independent path towards progress and the major powers trying to dominate the scene both politically and economically. The end of the Cold War left the United States as the sole Super Power. Economic reforms and the WTO system favoured the larger and more efficient players on the global scenario.India's relations with the Afro-Arab and Asian world particularly in our post-Independence ...
This book contains a collection of articles and essays on the growth of Democracy in the World in the 21st Century with particular reference to India’s experience. The philosophical and political aspects and the problems of spreading democracy in the Third World have been analysed in the articles which include those by two of India’s greatest leaders-M.K. Gandhi and Jawahar Lal Nehru. This should be of interest particularly to those scholars, teachers and ...
This volume presents new perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences on some of the Most important and enduring "individuals" and "ideas" in pre-modern India. It is hoped that they will prove of interest and some value to the general reader, as well as to the scholar, and will encourage them to pursue these topics further with the aid of notes, references, and bibliographies. The power of ideas and significance of those whose give ...