xiv ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Eastern Studies. He has co-edited an anthology titled Contemporary
Persian Gulf: Essays in Honour of Gulshan Dietl, Prakash C. Jain and
Girijesh Pant, contributed chapters to edited volumes and regularly con-
tributes opinion articles on strategic developments in the Middle East and
India-Gulf relations. He was a visiting fellow in King Faisal Center for
Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh, and serves as associate editor of
Contemporary Review of the Middle East.