The authoritative book to help you make sense of the world - as written by a former British diplomat.'A must-read to understand the often bewildering world we now live in, written as a scholarly book in an accessible tone' - READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Iran. Greenland. Ukraine. Global politics as we know it has been challenged beyond measure in recent times.Westlessness by former UK diplomat Dr Samir Puri is here to help m...

"We don't yet know where the current battle is headed. But Puri's 'first cut' will help us greatly in fathoming how we got here." – Patrick Porter, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham***When Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, many in the West were left stunned at his act of brutal imperialism. To those who had been paying attention, however, the warning signs of the bloodshed and slaughter to come had been there fo...

A masterful, thought-provoking, and wide-ranging study of how the vestiges of the imperial era shape society today.In this groundbreaking narrative, The Shadows of Empire explains (in the vein of The Silk Roads and Prisoners of Geography) how the world’s imperial legacies still shape our lives—as well as the thorniest issues we face today.For the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn’t mean we don’...

Un libro pionero y rompedor que explica cómo la historia de los imperios influye aún en la política actual y en nuestras propias vidas.Por primera vez en milenios vivimos en un mundo sin imperios formales. Pero esto no significa que no sintamos su presencia reverberando a través de la historia. "El legado de los imperios" examina cómo esa herencia sigue latiendo tras los problemas más espinosos que hoy enfrentamos.Desde las injerencias rusas en Ucrania hasta el Brexit, desde el “América pr...

The authoritative book to help you make sense of the world - as told by a former British diplomat.'A must-read to understand the often bewildering world we now live in, written as a scholarly book in an accessible tone' - READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Iran. Greenland. Ukraine. Global politics as we know it has been challenged beyond measure in recent times.Westlessness by former UK diplomat Dr Samir Puri is here to help make...

This book examines Pakistan's strategies in the war against Islamist armed groups that began late 2001, following the 9/11 attacks.The significance of the war inside Pakistan can hardly be understated. Starting in the tribal territories adjacent to Afghanistan, Pakistan’s war has come to engulf the majority of the country through a brutal campaign of suicide bombings. Thousands of Pakistani lives have been lost and the geostrategic balance of the region has been thrown into deep un...

What constitutes an effective and realistic strategy for dealing with non-state armed groups? This question has bedevilled states the world over. From Colombia and FARC, Turkey and the PKK, the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the persistent insurgency in Iraq – the governments concerned struggle to either fight or negotiate their way to an end.Fighting armed groups is an uncertain business, and so is negotiating. Doing both alternately, concurrently or selectively, is high...