Contemporary Persian Gulf
Since the outbreak of the Arab Spring the Middle East is going through a turbulent phase as violence, internal conflicts and civil wars are ravaging a number of countries. Even relatively stable Gulf monarchies are not untouched by the impact of popular demand for change. For India, the Persian Gulf is an extended neighbourhood and this region of vital importance receives scant attention. In the light of the Arab Spring, Iranian nuclear deal and the rise of ISIS, it has become impossible for India to be indifferent to the changing internal dynamics. This anthology presents a broad view of the social, political and economic dimensions of the Gulf region and their relevance and significance through issues such as renewable energy, sustainable development, and education policy.
Professor P. R. Kumaraswamy teaches contemporary Middle East in Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is the honorary director of Middle East Institute, New Delhi and editor, Contemporary Review of the Middle East, a quarterly published by Sage.
Md. Muddassir Quamar is doctoral candidate in School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and is specialising in reforms in Saudi Arabia.
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Contents
P. R. Kumaraswamy
Sameena Hameed
Kannan Ambalam
Md. Muddassir Quamar
Mahnaz Zahirinejad
Stanly Johny
Prasanta Kumar Pradhan
Tsupokyemla
Sayeeda Khatoon
Kallol Bhattacherjee
Professor P. R. Kumaraswamy teaches contemporary Middle East at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, serves as honorary director of the Middle East Institute, New Delhi (www.mei.org.in) and edits the Contemporary Review of the Middle East , a refereed quarterly launched by Sage in March 2014.
Md. Muddassir Quamar is doctoral candidate at the Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies (SIS), JNU. He was a Visiting Fellow at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh from November 2014 to February 2015.
Kallol Bhattacherjee is a foreign affairs correspondent The Week based in Delhi. He submitted his M.Phil. dissertation Construction of West Asia in American Public Opinion: A Critique of Neo-Orientation in Visual Culture in the Centre for West Asian and African Studies, SIS, under the supervision of Professor P. C. Jain in 2004. He has also reported on the Arab Spring-related conflicts in the Middle East since 2011.
Dr. Kannan Ambalam is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Administration and Development Management, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia. He pursued B.Sc. (Chemistry) at Thiagarajar College, Madurai during 1995-98 and completed M.A. (Public Administration) from Madras Christian College, Chennai in 2000. During 2001-08 he pursued his M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in Centre for West Asian and African Studies, SIS, JNU under the supervision of Professor Gulshan Dietl. His dissertation was on Global Environmental Governance: The Role of UNEP in West Asia with Special Reference to Regional Seas Programmes and his doctoral thesis was Administrative Approach to Combating Desertification in the GCC Countries . His areas of interest include food sovereignty, food security, natural resources management, desertification, global environmental governance and multilateral environmental agreements.
Dr. Mahnaz Zahirinejad is a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Science in Warsaw. She was awarded a Ph.D. from Centre for West Asian Studies, SIS, Jawaharlal Nehru University for her doctoral thesis on Irans Energy Policy Towards China And India: A Comparative Study . She pursued her research under Professor Girijesh Pant. During 2010-11 she was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Warsaw, Poland and a Visiting Professor at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow during 2012-13. Dr. Zahirinejad has continued to study Middle Eastern politics focusing on the state-middle class interaction, a subject of immense interest to many yearning for the democratic development in the region. She has authored and co-authored two books on the Middle East has published many papers and articles and her book on the middle class in Iran will be published this year.
Dr. Prasanta Kumar Pradhan is Associate Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA). He completed his doctoral thesis on Human Rights in Islam: The Case of Saudi Arabia in 2007 under the supervision of Professor Gulshan Dietl. Before joining IDSA, he worked as a Research Associate at the Institute for Conflict Management, New Delhi, from December 2006 till June 2008.
Dr. Sameena Hameed is Assistant Professor in the Gulf Studies Programme, India-Arab Cultural Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She completed her M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University under the supervision of Professor Gulshan Dietl. Her doctoral thesis was on Domestic Petroleum Subsidy and Oil Recourse Management: A Comparative Study of India and Iran in 1990s and her MPhil dissertation was Market and the Cartel: A Critique of OPEC Decision of 26 March 1999 . Her areas of specialization include Middle Eastern Economy and Indias economic relations with Middle East and energy security issues. She has presented papers in prestigious international and national conferences conference including Gulf Research Centre-Cambridge annual conferences, Asia Energy Summits. She prepares research papers for Public Diplomacy Division of the Ministry of External Affairs and other government, trade and commerce organizations. She has been a member of MEA constituted Select Group on Gulf and West Asia . She has been a member of various track two dialogues with Saudi Arabia and UAE.
