Saudi Arabia is a unique country at least in three specific details. One, it possesses more than a quarter of the global oil reserves, has been the largest oil producer for over half a century and is the only producer with a spare production capacity today. Two, the holiest Islamic shrines are located in Makkah and Medina placing the country in the epicenter of the Muslim sacred space. Three, it is one of the last surviving ruling monarchies and the only one that has named the country after its own family name. Saudi Arabia is worth a scrutiny. The political, economic and social situation in the country, its foreign policy and Indo-Saudi relations are focussed in this book. The authors, with different perspectives and on different subjects, have coalesced to put together a volume that is a serious and well-rounded treatment of the theme.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR A.K. Pasha
Professor Aftab Kamal Pasha teaches at Gulf Studies, Center for West Asian and African Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has served as Chairperson and Director, Gulf Studies at the above Center. He has also served as First Secretary, (Culture) Embassy of India, and Director, Cairo, Egypt. He has published ten books on Egypt, Libya, Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, OIC, India and West Asia, and Political Participation in the Gulf States. He has Edited eight books on Iraq, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Iran and GCC States, Gulf and India; and Co-Edited two books; on Iran and India; and the Islamic World. He has contributed research chapters to over thirty books edited by distinguished academicians, covering the West Asian and North African (WANA) region and India's Foreign Policy. His research articles have also been published in numerous reputed national and international journals and his articles on current WANA issues have appeared in many Indian and Gulf newspapers. He is a frequent commentator on WANA affairs for Radio and TV in India and abroad. He has traveled to over forty Universities in India and for Seminars/Conferences, teaching, talks at several Universities and research institutes. He has MA degrees in Political-Science and Middle Eastern Studies from Mysore has been conducting research and teaching at JNU since 1978.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR P C Jain
P.C. Jain obtained his Master's degree in economics, History and Political Science from Agra University, and Ph.D. on the History of the Hindu Society in Pre-mutiny nineteenth century. He is a versatile genius and widely-read scholar. He is head of the Department of History in a P.G. College of the Rohilkhand University. Dr. Jain has contributed many articles to reputed journals. He has attended various state and national conferences on social sciences. He is widely travelled and has minutely studied the life and manners of the people of different places from a sociological as well as historical point of view. At present he is engaged in rewriting the regional and social history of the present state of Uttar Pradesh.
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