The United States' mercurial foreign policies toward the Muslim world—including actions taken against Islamic countries who have challenged the U.S.’s 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 sociopolitical changes are also thoroughly discussed.
Chintamani Mahapatra is an associate professor at the School of International Studies of Jawaharlal Nehru University and a former research fellow for numerous universities around the world, including the Indian Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, the University of Delaware, the University of London, Salzburg Seminar–Austria, the Australian Defence Studies Centre. He is a frequent lecturer at academic staff colleges throughout India, including the Society for International Law and Diplomacy and the Army War College.