This volume is designed to place in context the passionate controversies and emotional attachments of the two billion people who live, study, work, love, and die in the Middle East and South Asia. Understanding these regions means more than annually-updated details of the governments, politics, cultures, and economies of the twenty-four nations and assorted territories. Special chapters address significant issues of continuing international importance, including access to water, the role of oil, and the 2011 Arab spring. Both regions, after all, contain types of people misunderstood and often intensely disliked by others. Where religion intrudes on politics-the Afghan Taliban oppose educating girls, Hindu fanatics rampage in India, Iranian militiamen shoot demonstrators, Islamic extremists impose sharia, and Jewish Ultra-Orthodox send women to the back of the bus-readers bombarded with superficial news bites and slanted reporting might never sense the other accomplishments of these same societies. Islamic charities and societies bring relief to the impoverished, Israel's scholars win Nobel prizes, and most Indians cherish long-standing religious toleration. The author of this volume attempts to let the reader draw conclusions from the evidence.

About the Author
Seth Cantey is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Washington & Lee University, where he teaches and conducts research on issues related to international security, American foreign policy, and Middle East politics. His current book project explores how various negotiation strategies have affected outcomes in talks between states and non-state armed groups, especially in the Middle East and Latin America. He is the recipient of 5 Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships, 3 Bradley fellowships, and a Manfred Woerner fellowship from the US German Marshall Fund. Before joining Washington & Lee, Seth earned a Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science from Duke University, an M.A. in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University, and a B.A. in Psychology and Spanish from Bucknell University. An avid traveler, he speaks Arabic, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Reviews
The Middle East and South Asia provides a 'state of the state' analysis of the current history and the conflicts occurring in this region of the world. The text is accompanied by black-and-white photographs, maps, and an extensive bibliography of key English-language sources. I would recommend this to public and academic libraries' current issues collections. * American Reference Books Annual *



Book Information
ISBN 9781475835182
Author Seth Cantey
Format Paperback
Page Count 300
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 853g
Dimensions(mm) 281mm * 214mm * 19mm