ABOUT THE BOOK
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Ideology, Politics and New Security Challenges in West
Asia, is the collection of papers presented during the international conference
on West Asia on January 19-20, 2016. As dramatic changes are taking place in
domestic and regional political environments in most countries of the West
Asian region, this volume provides an in-depth assessment of the changing
security paradigm in the West Asian region, examines the conflicting ideologies
and their implications and looks at the resurgence and spread of extremism and
terrorism in West Asia, focussing on the ISIS and its impact for the region and
beyond. Besides, this edited volume highlights the role and involvement of the
extra-regional powers while providing insight into the geopolitical shift in
the global energy scenario and its implications for the supplier and consumer
countries. Finally, the book examines India`s growing partnership with the
region, explaining various opportunities and challenges.
ABOUT Author
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Dr.
Meena Singh Roy is a Research Fellow and heads the West Asia Centre at
the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA). Her area of
specialisation is West Asia and Central Asia. Prior to joining IDSA, she was a
senior research scholar in the Department of African Studies, Delhi University.
She was associated with Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Oriental
and African Studies and London School of Economics for her research work. She
was a visiting Research Fellow with German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Institute of Asian Studies (GIGA) in 2014.