The United States' mercurial foreign policies toward the Muslim world–including actions taken against Islamic countries who have attempted to challenge the United States' regional dominance; and alliances with Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia–are expertly examined in this incisive treatise. Islamic revivalism, the emergence of a highly political Islamic population, the rise of terrorism, and other recent socio-political changes are also thoroughly discussed. How the US has reconfigured its policy towards the radical and the conservative group of Muslim countries and how its new mission against terrorism has affected international relations, particularly US-Indian relations, is the central focus of the study.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Chintamani Mahapatra
Chintamani Mahapatra is currently Associate Professor of American Studies at the school of International Studies of Jawaharlala Nehru University, New Delhi. Previously he was research fellow at the Indian Institute for defence Studies and Analyses. Mahapatra was a Fulbright Scholar at the university of Delaware, USA Commonwealth Scholar at the university of London, Foreign Policy Fellow at university of Maryland, USA, Salzburg Seminar fellow in Austria and a Visiting fellow at the Australian defence Studies Centre, Canberra. He frequently gives lectures at Society for International Law and Diplomacy, national Defence College, Army War College, College of naval warfare, and various Academic Staff Colleges in India. He has several academic publications in India and abroad. He has authored two books, contributed chapters to above twenty edited volumes and has published above fifty articles in reputed national and international journals. He is a regular contributor to various newspapers and also a commentator on All India Radio and various TV Channels on international affairs.
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